Johann Heinrich Eisträger
Johann Heinrich Eisträger (* 1730 in Kassel ; † 1788 ibid) was a German landscape , battle and porcelain painter who worked in the Fürstenberg and Kassel factories .
Live and act
Eisträger received training as a landscape and battle picture painter before he was employed in the Fürstenberg porcelain factory in 1754. That is why he established landscape painting there together with the artists Daniel Christian Ostertag and Johann Friedrich von Metzsch and has been one of the most important artists of this genre in the Fürstenberg manufactory since 1760. The early works of the three painters are difficult to assign to the respective artist due to their similar designs. In addition to landscapes, Eisträger painted battle scenes or portraits, such as a miniature portrait of a lady from 1767, which later found its place in the Kassel Museum and is now considered lost. In 1768 he moved to the porcelain factory in Kassel to take up a position as head of painting. For his monochrome painting he used in particular the colors purple , iron red or rust brown (what was called "en Camaïeu"), but also made polychrome landscape pictures , such as a view of Mulang on Wilhelmshöhe . Since 1778 he was entitled "Chief Painter". Other works are the portraits of Landgraves Carl and Friedrich II on a tableau , as well as a bust of Friedrich that Eisträger painted. Although always referred to as a landscape and battle painter, portraits based on models by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder and Hermann Hendrik de Quiter the Younger can also be identified. In addition to porcelain painting, Eisträger also made watercolors in 1772, such as a view of Kassel with the old Fulda Bridge .
literature
- Christian Scherer : Eisträger, Johann Heinrich . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 437-438 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Beatrix Freifrau von Wolff Metternich, Manfred Meinz : The porcelain manufactory Fürstenberg. A cultural history in the mirror of Fürstenberg porcelain. Prestel, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7913-2921-9 , pp. 161-167 .
- Martin Eberle: iron girders, Johann Heinrich. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 190-191 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eisträger, Johann Heinrich (1730–1788), Painter (porcelain) . In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists . Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 (English, oup.com ).
- ↑ Sandy Alami: "Of truly artistic execution": Porcelain plate painting from Thuringia since the 19th century . Waxmann Verlag, Münster / New York 2014, ISBN 978-3-8309-8078-0 , pp. 34 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ View of Kassel with the old Fulda Bridge, 1772. Historical views of the town, plans and floor plans. (As of October 2007). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ View of the old Fulda bridge, 1772 In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies - Internet Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iron girders, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape, battle and porcelain painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1788 |
| Place of death | kassel |