Johann Christian Klengel

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Johann Christian Klengel
Italian Landscape, oil on canvas, 1816
Klengels grave in Dresden

Johann Christian Klengel (born April 5, 1751 in Kesselsdorf , † December 19, 1824 in Dresden ) was a German etcher and painter .

Life and work

Klengel attended the drawing school in Dresden. His teacher was Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich . In 1790 he went to Italy and in 1802 became a professor at the Dresden Art Academy . One of his students was Karl Gottfried Traugott Faber . He found his final resting place in the Eliasfriedhof in Dresden in field A 2-3.

He painted ideal landscapes and idyllic compositions, mostly in the morning or evening light. In 1812 he published a collection of twelve folio sheets for landscape artists under the label "Principes de dessins pour les paysages" and in 1824 a similar number of original sheets , now known as "Études de paysages" .

Works

  • View from the Lockwitzgrund , without the year, oil on canvas, 85 × 103 cm, Städtische Galerie Dresden , inv. 1980 / k488
  • The Weer behind the Pusch mill, in Plauschengrund near Dresden , 1781
  • The new bridge at the Hegereiter , 1781
  • Part of the Reisewizischer Garten in Plauen near Dresden , 1781
  • Area from the Friedrichstadt enclosure near Dresden , 1795
  • Area between Potschappel and the powder mill on the way back , 1799
  • The Windberg , 1799
  • The weir behind the Buschmühle , 1799
  • The new bridge in Plauischen Grund near Dresden , 1800
  • The main valley of Grünstild , 1800
  • The country house in Grünstild , 1800
  • Green picture drawn from the evening side: Unterthänigst dedicated to the High Princely House of Schoenburg , 1800

literature

  • Anke Fröhlich: "Happily chosen nature ...": the Dresden landscape painter Johann Christian Klengel (1751–1824) . Olm, Hildesheim 2005.
  • Egbert Steuer: Johann Christian Klengel (1751-1824). A biographical representation of the landscape painter, who was born in Kesselsdorf, based on archive studies and historical sources in the year of his 250th birthday . Saxon printing and publishing house, Dresden 2001.
  • Heino Maedebach:  Klengel, Johann Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 38 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Freiberg City and Mining Museum (Ed.): Johann Christian Klengel 1751–1824; Paintings and drawings . City and Mining Museum, Freiberg 1950.
  • Carl Clauss:  Klengel, Johann Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 161.

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personal data
SURNAME Klengel, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German etcher and painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Kesselsdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1824
Place of death Dresden