Johann Christoph Franz Giere

Johann Christoph Franz Giere (also: Franz Giere ; born August 17, 1774 in Hamburg , † March 17, 1825 in Hanover ) was a German miniature painter , lithographer and engraver in black art and art dealer .

Life

Around 1795: Princess Augusta Sophia of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover ;
Watercolor on ivory , about 13.5 × 11.0 cm

Johann Christoph Franz Giere, born in Hamburg, can be traced back to Rome in 1805 and 1806 . He then lived and worked in Hanover.

Johann Christoph Franz Giere is believed to be the father of the lithographer Julius Giere, who later also worked in Hanover .

In 1816, through the mediation of Giere, the art collector Bernhard Hausmann succeeded in purchasing wing paintings . The works later became part of the collection in the State Gallery in the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover .

Well-known works (selection)

From around 1806 to 1814, the bookbinder Gottlieb Losch, who maintained a lending library in the Pferdestrasse in Hanover , offered copper-engraved studbook copper that Franz Giere had designed and engraved, including
- "Hanover" from the northwest, based on a view by Johann Heinrich Ramberg , in which two cows can be seen in the foreground on the right;
- Leibniz monument , with a dedication from 1814
- "Lasius Garden and Döhrner Tower "

The art dealer and publisher JG Schrader sold other motifs from Giere .

Further:

"The inn, in front of it a drinking cavalier ", black art after Franz Valentin Durmer (rare)

Portrait of Martin Luther after Lucas Cranach

literature

General artist lexicon . Volume 53, 2007, p. 396 ( WBIS online , World Biographical Information System Online with access for registered users).

Web links

Commons : Johann Christoph Franz Giere - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c o. V .: Giere, Johann Christoph Franz in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of April 1, 2011, last accessed on October 16, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alheidis von Rohr : Stammbuchblätter around 1810 to 1830, small landscape formats , in this: Picturesque-idealized. City views of Hanover from the 16th century to 2000 (= writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover, issue no.17), book accompanying the exhibition of the same name, Hannover: Historisches Museum Hannover, 2000, ISBN 3-910073-18-2 , p. 71
↑ ^a ^b Michael Wolfson (arrangement): The German and Dutch paintings until 1550 / Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover, State Gallery. Critical catalog with images of all works. Lower Saxony State Museum, State Gallery, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-9800869-8-4 , pp. 59, 253; limited preview in Google Book search
↑ ^a ^b Giere, Joh. Christoph Franz . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 2–3 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Andreas Andresen : Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, or Lexicon of the copper engravers, painters, etchers and form cutters of all countries and schools, according to their most valued works and sheets, on the basis of Heller's pract. Handbook for engravers. Re-edited and doubled by Dr. phil. Andreas Andresen, Volume 1, Leipzig: TO Weigel, 1870, p. 575 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Giere, Johann Christoph Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Greed, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German miniature painter, lithographer, black art engraver and art dealer
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1825
Place of death	Hanover

[GWLB-1] . V .: Giere, Johann Christoph Franz in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of April 1, 2011, last accessed on October 16, 2018.

[Malerisch-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alheidis von Rohr : Stammbuchblätter around 1810 to 1830, small landscape formats , in this: Picturesque-idealized. City views of Hanover from the 16th century to 2000 (= writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover, issue no.17), book accompanying the exhibition of the same name, Hannover: Historisches Museum Hannover, 2000, ISBN 3-910073-18-2 , p. 71

[Landesgalerie-3] Michael Wolfson (arrangement): The German and Dutch paintings until 1550 / Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover, State Gallery. Critical catalog with images of all works. Lower Saxony State Museum, State Gallery, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-9800869-8-4 , pp. 59, 253; limited preview in Google Book search

[ThB-4] Giere, Joh. Christoph Franz . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 2–3 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[5] Andreas Andresen : Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, or Lexicon of the copper engravers, painters, etchers and form cutters of all countries and schools, according to their most valued works and sheets, on the basis of Heller's pract. Handbook for engravers. Re-edited and doubled by Dr. phil. Andreas Andresen, Volume 1, Leipzig: TO Weigel, 1870, p. 575 ( books.google.de ).