Johann Georg Sturm

Johann Georg Sturm, self-portrait around 1775

Johann Georg Sturm (also Johann George Sturm ; born March 9, 1742 in Wöhrd near Nuremberg ; † April 9, 1793 ibid) was a German engraver .

life and work

Johann Georg Sturm was the son of Daniel Sturm. He learned the craft of copperplate engraving in Basel. On behalf of Johann Caspar Lavater, he engraved a number of sheets for his Physiognomic Fragments. He also worked for the Göttingen Musenalmanach . His engravings often show portraits, such as depictions of Voltaire and mountain landscapes. Sturm returned to Nuremberg and in 1778 acquired a house at 25 Lorenzer Platz, which he later sold again. From 1783 to 1793 he worked as a freelance engraver.

On July 10, 1770, Sturm married Ursula Barbara (nee Landeck), a daughter of the watchmaker Achatius Landeck. The couple had several children. He trained his son Jacob Sturm himself to be a copperplate engraver and took part in his special field of depicting plants. His daughter Christina Clara Sophia married the painter Georg Jacob Messerer.

Yarrow , Achillea nobilis
Inflorescence: Geranium divaricatum Ehrh
Leaf of Geranium divaricatum Ehrh
Abroma fastuosum , Corchorus and Helicteres baruensis

Publications

Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm: Germany's flora in illustrations. Boards . Nuremberg 1796, urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30: 3-92553 ( biolib.de ).

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon; or, news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers,… tape 17 : Sole, GG-Surugue, L . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1847, p. 526 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Ernst Wunschmann: Sturm, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 20 f.
Fritz Traugott Schulz : Sturm, Nuremberg artist family, Johann Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 251 .
Erika Bosl: Sturm, Johann Georg (George), engraver. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 765 ( digitized version ).
Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . Fine artists, craftsmen, scholars… Volume 3, KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , p. 1520 (reading sample, books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Sturm - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Fine artists, craftsmen, scholars ... Volume 3, KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , p. 1520.
^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon; or, news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers,… tape 17 : Sole, GG-Surugue, L . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1847, p. 526 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Necrolog of Dr. Jacob Sturm . In: Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . Entomological Association, Stettin 1840, p. 162–167 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Sturm, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sturm, Johann George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wöhrd near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1793
Place of death	Nuremberg

[Nürnberger-1] Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Fine artists, craftsmen, scholars ... Volume 3, KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , p. 1520.

[2] Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon; or, news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers,… tape 17 : Sole, GG-Surugue, L . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1847, p. 526 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] Necrolog of Dr. Jacob Sturm . In: Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . Entomological Association, Stettin 1840, p. 162–167 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).