Johann Elias Haid

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Johann Elias Haid (right) with the painter Johann Jakob Mettenleiter (1784)
The great feast
mezzotint by Johann Elias Haid

Johann Elias Haid (also Hayd ; * 1739 in Augsburg ; † April 5, 1809 there ) was a German engraver , portrait painter , mezzotint artist and publisher . He was the son of the copper engraver Johann Jacob Haid .

Life

Johann Elias Haid was born in 1739 as the son of the artist and publisher Johann Jacob Haid, who had moved to Augsburg. He became his student and closest collaborator. After his death he took over the artistic and entrepreneurial direction of his father's publishing house, which he renamed "J. J. Haid & Sohn ”continued. In 1768 he won the First Prize of the Reichsstädtische Kunstakademie Augsburg , of which he was Protestant director (this office was always held equally between denominations ) from 1786 to 1808.

activity

Haid made several trips to European countries and portrayed many celebrities of his time: Alessandro Cagliostro , Johann Caspar Füssli , Markus Christoph Koch von Gailenbach , Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Voltaire and Johann Joachim Winckelmann were models for him. As early as 1774 he had started work on a portrait collection of famous scholars, which he continued until the 1790s and which eventually comprised 57 portraits. From 1778 he edited a total of 132 drawings by Johann Caspar Füssli for "The Knight's Johann Carl Hedlinger's Medal Work", which was published in 1781.

Work (selection)

  • Johann Elias Haid and Johann Caspar Füssli : The knight's Johann Carl Hedlinger's medal work. Drawn by Johann Caspar Fueßli, and edited in black art by Johann Elias Haid by Johann Jakob Haid and Son, Augsburg 1781

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Directory of copper engravings and works in black art by Johann Elias Haid in Augsburg. In: Meusels Miscellaneus artistic content , issue 28, pp. 222-252

Web links

Commons : Johann Elias Haid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph Eduard Wessely :  Haid . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 379.
  2. ↑ Heller, Joseph; Andresen, Andreas; Wessely, Joseph Eduard: Handbook for copper engravers ; Volume 1, p. 638; 1870
  3. ↑ a b Paper antique: Johann Elias Haid - Retrieved on January 5, 2012
  4. ↑ Augsburger Stadtlexikon : Reichsstädtische Kunstakademie ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved January 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de
  5. ↑ Augsburger Stadtlexikon : Haid ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved January 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Haid, Johann Elias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayd, Johann Elias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1809
Place of death augsburg