Johann Karl Fischer (medalist)
Johann Karl Fischer (born July 14, 1802 in Berlin ; † March 25, 1865 there ) was a medalist .
Life
Johann Karl Fischer, a brother of the sculptor Ferdinand August Fischer , was initially destined to be a gold worker, then trained as an engraver and worked in Gottfried Bernhard Loos ' medal institute from 1823 , then at the court jeweler Wagner. The reformer of the Prussian art industry, Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth , gave him more extensive work and appointed him to the trade institute. In addition to the medals, he worked stamps for the royal coin and cut precious stones and portraits in ivory. His estate is in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin .
Works (incomplete)
- together with Rudolph Kölbel (Oldenburg): Medal in memory of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August
literature
- Catalog of the academic art exhibition in Berlin. Berlin 1866.
- Robert Dohme: Fischer, Johann Karl (medalist) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 76.
- Leonard Forrer : Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Volume 3, Spink & Son, London 1904, pp. 98-99.
Individual evidence
- ↑ top v .: Künker auction 253 - medals and decorations / 10th order auction of the house / u. a. the Friedrich Beyreiß collection: Oldenburg, as well as important collections from Italy, Russia, Scandinavia , illustrated and explanatory catalog for auction 253 of the Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG auction house in Oldenburg on October 4, 2014 in Osnabrück; Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker, 2014, p. 85 and others; Preview over google books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Johann Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1865 |
| Place of death | Berlin |