Johann Christian Kühner

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Johann Christian Kühner (born June 1, 1774 in Hildburghausen ; † January 23, 1852 in Gotha ) was a German painter and director of collections in Gotha.

In 1802 he traveled to Paris with Friedrich Sickler , where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts until November 1803 . After his return, Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg appointed him court painter in 1804 . From 1806 to 1812 Kühner studied in Italy, most recently in Rome . 1816 appointed him Duke August for Councilor and professor of the theory of Fine Arts. He was entrusted with the supervision of the ducal collections of paintings, engravings and hand drawings . In 1824 Duke Friedrich IV made it .as director of the painting, engraving and hand drawing collections. In 1842, Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was appointed secret councilor .

Kühner married Friederike Fladung in 1795 (died 1850). They had four children, including three daughters and the philologist Raphael Kühner . The eldest daughter Wilhelmine Christiane married the Altenburg minister Karl Christian Wüstemann in 1818, the second, Henriette, married the Gotha building manager Johann Georg Broßmann. The youngest daughter Karoline stayed with her parents and looked after them.

literature

  • New necrology of the Germans. Vol. 30, 1852, part 1, Weimar 1854, pp. 64-80 ( digitized version ).
  • René Hartmann, Tino Mager: Kühner, Friedrich Johann Christian. In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 1: 1793-1843. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , p. 164.

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Remarks

  1. ^ New necrology of the Germans. Vol. 30, 1852, part 1, Weimar 1854, pp. 64–80, here p. 65 and p. 79 .
  2. ^ New necrology of the Germans. Vol. 30, 1852, part 1, Weimar 1854, pp. 64–80, here p. 67 and p. 78 .
  3. ↑ Georg Friedrich Grotefend : History of the Lyceum of the Royal Residence City of Hanover during the period from 1733 to 1833. Hanover 1833, p. 77 .
  4. ^ Max Berbig:  Wüstemann, Karl Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 369-371 .; Finding aid for archival material Undine Puhl: Wüstemann's estate. Preface. In: Thuringian State Archives Altenburg , November 2010.
  5. ↑ Ducal Saxony Gotha and Altenburg court and address calendar to the year of Christ 1822. Ettinger, Gotha 1822, p. 102 .
  6. ^ New necrology of the Germans. Vol. 30, 1852, part 1, Weimar 1854, pp. 64–80, here p. 78 .
personal data
SURNAME Kühner, Johann Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kühner, Friedrich Johann Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and director of collections
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildburghausen
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1852
Place of death Gotha