Johann Heinrich Albers
Johann Heinrich Albers , (born September 14, 1774 in Bremen , † December 2, 1855 in Bremen) was a German merchant and patron .
Life
Albers was the son of his parents' husband, Johann Christoph Albers . He established himself as a merchant in London and traded mainly in indigo . From 1816 he lived in Bremen as an unmarried private citizen. Albers collected copperplate engravings and oil paintings - many of which he donated to the Kunstverein - and supported the construction of the Kunsthalle Bremen . He bequeathed 15,000 sheets of graphics to the Kunstverein , including some very valuable pieces.
The Bremen Kunsthalle is showing two paintings from the legacy of Johann Heinrich Albers: Boas and Ruth , 1651, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout and Swedish Landscape , around 1660, by Allaert van Everdingen .
literature
- Friedrich Prüser: Albers, Johann Hinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 125 ( digitized version ).
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of paintings ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Kunsthalle Bremen.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albers, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1855 |
| Place of death | Bremen |