Johann Jacob Mezler

Johann Jacob Mezler (born June 27, 1804 in Fürth , † October 11, 1839 Munich ) was a German painter and drawing teacher of Biedermeier in the first half of the 19th century.

He spent his childhood in Fürth, where his father, Johann Peter Metzler, was a master baker. His talent for drawing was discovered early on and so he received drawing lessons from Elias Oehme (1761–1843) after completing elementary and secondary school .

In 1823 he went to Munich and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Johann Peter von Langer . In addition to his artistic training, he also devoted himself to the study of art history and graduated from the academy in 1828 with great success.

After completing his studies, he earned himself on the one hand as a freelance painter of histories , portraits and pictures of saints. On the other hand, he started teaching at private drawing schools immediately after graduating. His success made him head of such an institution in 1836 and developed it into one of the most important institutes in Munich. His pleasant demeanor made him popular not only with his students, but also among friends and painters. He was friends with Friedrich von Amerling , whom he portrayed when he was staying in Munich. In the same year, 1839, when he wanted to complete his fortune with his marriage, he fell ill with encephalitis and died fourteen days later at the age of thirty-six.

Works

Amerling, by Mezler 1839

Holy Family. 1832
Friedrich von Amerling. 1839.

literature

Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: 287. Johann Jacob Melzer, painter and private drawing teacher in Munich. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Seventeenth year, 1839, second part, pp. 847–848.
METZLER, Johann Jacob (1804-1839), Painter. In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-19-977378-5 .

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: 287. Johann Jacob Melzer, painter and private drawing teacher in Munich. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Seventeenth year, 1839, second part, p. 847.
↑ Metzler, Johann Jacob (1804-1839), Painter. In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3 .
^ Johann Jacob Metzler: The Holy Family with Johannesknaben. VAN HAM auction house , 220th "Old Art" auction, lot 1787, November 21, 2002.
^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: 287. Johann Jacob Melzer, painter and private drawing teacher in Munich. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Seventeenth year, 1839, second part, p. 848.
^ Dorotheum , oil paintings, watercolors and miniatures of the 19th century, May 29, 1990, lot 61.

personal data
SURNAME	Mezler, Johann Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meztler, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fuerth
DATE OF DEATH	October 11, 1839
Place of death	Munich

[1] Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: 287. Johann Jacob Melzer, painter and private drawing teacher in Munich. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Seventeenth year, 1839, second part, p. 847.

[2] Metzler, Johann Jacob (1804-1839), Painter. In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3 .

[3] Johann Jacob Metzler: The Holy Family with Johannesknaben. VAN HAM auction house , 220th "Old Art" auction, lot 1787, November 21, 2002.

[4] Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: 287. Johann Jacob Melzer, painter and private drawing teacher in Munich. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Seventeenth year, 1839, second part, p. 848.

[5] Dorotheum , oil paintings, watercolors and miniatures of the 19th century, May 29, 1990, lot 61.