Johann Daniel Preissler

Johann Daniel Preisler

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Johann Daniel Preissler (also Preisler, Preißler; born January 17, 1666 in Nuremberg ; † October 13, 1737 in Nuremberg) was a prominent member of a family of painters who immigrated from Bohemia .

Life

Johann Daniel Preissler was a son of the painter Daniel Preissler and his wife Magdalena Riedner.

He painted portraits and histories, drew and frescoed. He became better known outside Nuremberg than through his artistic works, of which the nude drawings in particular were praised, through his series of art-theoretical publications with the main title "The Practic Invented By Theory". The individual booklets were translated into several languages and served as instructions for many drawing students up until the 19th century (including Salomon Gessner in Switzerland).

First he is said to have learned in Nuremberg in the manner of his father, the portrait and history painter Daniel Preissler (1627–1665), then with Johann Murrer . A stay in Italy followed from 1688 to 1696. a. in Rome and Venice. In 1705 he became director of the Nuremberg Art Academy , which under him transformed into a municipal institution. In 1716 he founded the drawing school. This was also open to "poor people's children". It became a great success. With 71 students, it was so popular in the first year, which apparently prompted Preisler to work out didactic material. Before that he only had academic works a. a. published on anatomy, from 1721 z. To color in the "Practic invented by theory or Thoroughly written rules which can be used as a guide to famous artists drawing works". In doing so, Preisser also opened up academic areas that were rather secondary, such as flower drawing and ornamentation (after 1725) and landscape drawing (1739). Of course, he emphasized that these were only initial exercises.

The Preissler family publisher was continued by his sons Johann Justin (1698–1771), Georg Martin and Johann Daniel Preissler. His son Johann Martin Preissler (1715–1794) became a professor at the Academy in Copenhagen.

In 1737 Johann Daniel Preissler died in Nuremberg, who, along with Johann Kupetzky, was discussed by Johann Caspar Füssli as the most important painter of the early 18th century in Nuremberg.

Works of art in auctions

1824 in Nuremberg: 2 pieces. Male and female portrait; Knees. From Dan. Preisler. On copper.
1825 in Nuremberg: drawing for a wall painting; Presenting scenes from the life of David.
A painted coat of arms in an ornament drawn with Rothstein , which is based on the arts a. Alludes to science.

literature

Johann Wilhelm Sturm : Original notes on the history of the Preisler family of artists . In: Archives for the arts of drawing with special reference to the art of engraving and woodcutting and their history, 9th year, Leipzig 1863, p. 363–391, here p. 365–373 ( digitized version )
Friedrich Leitschuh: Preisler, Daniel [family article] . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 550-552.
Wilhelm Schwemmer: Nuremberg art in the 18th century. Nuremberg 1974
Wolf Eiermann: The publications of the Nuremberg Mahler Academie in the Baroque period from Jacob von Sandrart to Johann Justin Preisler (1662–1772). 1992
Karl Bosl : Bavarian biography . Regensburg 1983, p. 600 ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 ( digitized version )

Nuremberg artist lexicon . de Gruyter, Berlin 2007

Web links

Commons : Johann Daniel Preissler - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Johann Daniel Preissler at Google Arts & Culture
Literature by and about Johann Daniel Preissler in the catalog of the German National Library
Johann Daniel Preißler at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the topic portal "History of Art History"

Individual evidence

↑ Directory of a collection of oil and water paintings, drawings, colored ..., auction of the collection of Christian Jacob Gottlob Eisen from Nuremberg from December 6, 1824 in Nuremberg., Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital , p. 1, no. 3.
↑ Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg…. Nuremberg, at the obliged auctioneer Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 72, (49.)
↑ Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg…. Nuremberg, at the obligated auctioneer Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 89, (32.)

personal data
SURNAME	Preissler, Johann Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nuremberg painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 1737
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Directory of a collection of oil and water paintings, drawings, colored ..., auction of the collection of Christian Jacob Gottlob Eisen from Nuremberg from December 6, 1824 in Nuremberg., Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital , p. 1, no. 3.

[2] Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg…. Nuremberg, at the obliged auctioneer Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 72, (49.)

[3] Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg…. Nuremberg, at the obligated auctioneer Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 89, (32.)