Johann Friedrich Spindler

Johann Friedrich Spindler the Elder (born September 12, 1726 in Bayreuth , † around 1799 ) was a German cabinetmaker ( cabinet maker ) and furniture artist of the Rococo .

Life

He came from the Bayreuth building and artisan family Spindler and was the son of the princely lock carpenter Johann Spindler (1691-1770). There is only a small amount of reliable information about his life. Presumably he did an apprenticeship in his father's workshop and attended the art academy in Bayreuth. Together with his stepbrother Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler the Younger (1738–1788), Johann Friedrich completed the Spindler's Cabinet in Fantaisie Palace in 1765 , which is considered a major work of the Bayreuth Rococo.

In 1763 the artist moved to Potsdam . He followed the call of Friedrich II to manufacture furniture with inlays and marquetry there together with his stepbrother . A total of 13 pieces of furniture and longcase clock cases by the Spindler brothers for the New Palace in Potsdam are occupied.

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View into the Spindler's cabinet in Fantaisie Palace in Eckersdorf

Johann Friedrich Spindler is one of the manufacturers of the most outstanding Rococo veneer furniture in Germany, which was mainly created during his time in Potsdam. One of his most important works is the paneling of a cabinet for Fantaisie Castle in Eckersdorf in Upper Franconia ( Donndorf district ) . The original is in the National Museum in Munich . An elaborate copy can be seen in Donndorf.

Individual evidence

^ Spindler, Johann Friedrich (1726) . In: DE GRUYTER SAUR (Hrsg.): General artist lexicon . tape 31 . DE GRUYTER SAUR, 2019, ISSN 1865-0511 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).
^ ^A ^b Afra Schick: Johann Friedrich and Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler: The furniture orders of Frederick the Great for the New Palace. In: Friedrich300 - Colloquien Vol. 2 (2008). Michael Kaiser and Jürgen Luh, October 2008, pp. 1, 2 , accessed on February 21, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Bavarian Palace Administration | Garden Art Museum Schloss Fantaisie | Garden Art Museum | Tour. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Spindler, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spindler, Johann Friedrich the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cabinet maker
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH	around 1799

[1] Spindler, Johann Friedrich (1726) . In: DE GRUYTER SAUR (Hrsg.): General artist lexicon . tape 31 . DE GRUYTER SAUR, 2019, ISSN 1865-0511 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).

[schick-2] A ^b Afra Schick: Johann Friedrich and Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler: The furniture orders of Frederick the Great for the New Palace. In: Friedrich300 - Colloquien Vol. 2 (2008). Michael Kaiser and Jürgen Luh, October 2008, pp. 1, 2 , accessed on February 21, 2019 .

[museum-3] Bavarian Palace Administration | Garden Art Museum Schloss Fantaisie | Garden Art Museum | Tour. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .