Johann David Schubert

Christmas Eve (1792)

Johann David Schubert (* 1761 in Dresden ; † 1822 there ) was a German painter , engraver and draftsman .

Life

Schubert was the son of an organ builder and architectural draftsman. After the death of his father (1772) he studied at the Dresden Art Academy and was a student of Charles Hutin and Giovanni Battista Casanova . From 1781 he worked first as a battle painter, from 1786 as a master drawing and from 1795 as chief painter at the Meissen porcelain factory . In 1801 he became a teacher of history painting at the Dresden Academy. In January 1824 his estate, a collection of around 6,000 copper engravings, hand drawings and books, was auctioned. He created numerous engraving templates to illustrate books of his time.

Illustrations (selection)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The sufferings of the young Werther .
Carl Friedrich Waitz: Romances and ballads of the Germans . First volume. Richter, Altenburg 1799 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : Schubert, Johann David . In: New general artist lexicon; ... band 16 : Schoute – Sole . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1846, p. 36–37 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Georg Kaspar Nagler: The monogrammists and those known and unknown artists ... Volume 4 . Georg Frank, Munich 1864, p. 1119 ( n1120 - Internet Archive ).
The Werther illustrations by Johann David Schubert . With an introduction by Wolfgang Pfeiffer (= writings of the Goethe Society . Volume 46 ). Goethe Society, Weimar 1933, OCLC 898876279 .
Schubert, Johann David . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 305 .

Web links

Commons : Johann David Schubert - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Johann David Schubert (German, born after 1761 – died after 1822). artnet.de

Individual evidence

↑ Advertisement for art lovers . In: Leipziger Literatur Zeitung . tape 1 , no. 27 . Leipzig January 31, 1824, Sp. 216 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schubert, Johann David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, engraver and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	1761
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	1822
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Advertisement for art lovers . In: Leipziger Literatur Zeitung . tape 1 , no. 27 . Leipzig January 31, 1824, Sp. 216 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).