Johann Christoph Rincklake

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Johann Christoph Rincklake (* 19th October 1764 in Harsewinkel , † 19th June 1813 in Münster ) was a German portrait painter of romanticism .

Life

Birthplace of Johann Christoph Rincklake

Rincklake was born the son of a carpenter. After completing an apprenticeship as a craftsman, his artistic work began. Around 1800 he married Marianne Wermerskirch, with whom he had five children. They lived together in Münster.

Rincklake is very important in international art history . As a pupil he attended the painting academies in Berlin , Vienna , Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf and stayed at each for a few years.

The house where Johann Christoph Rincklake was born stood in Harsewinkel until May 2005. From there it was to Marienfeld translocated . Here it was rebuilt in the summer of 2005 near the former Cistercian monastery .

Works

Rincklake portrayed well-known noble and middle-class personalities from Westphalia . Franz von Fürstenberg , Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg , Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , Freiherr vom Stein and Princess Pauline zur Lippe were painted by him, as were numerous families from Münster and the last abbot of the Marienfeld monastery . As a portrait painter he also immortalized the "little" people: the innkeeper's daughter, the son of the master locksmith, the baker of the cathedral chapter, the tutor or the singer of the prince-bishop's chapel. A large number of the pictures are cataloged, but other pictures are missing.

In the Landesmuseum in Münster some pictures can be seen from Rincklake.

gallery

  • Portrait of an elderly gentleman in traditional Dutch clothes

  • A lying hunting dog

  • Portrait of Maria Arnoldina Henriette Apollonia v. Borggreve, Mrs. Clemens-August II v. Detten

  • Portrait of the raisin Alexandrine Freiin von Korff Schmising in the park

literature

  • Hildegard Westhoff-Krummacher: Johann Christoph Rincklake - A Westphalian portrait painter around 1800. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin 1984, ISBN 9783422007543

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personal data
SURNAME Rincklake, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION romantic portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Harsewinkel
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1813
Place of death Muenster