Johann Marcus David
Johann Marcus David (born January 13, 1764 in Hamburg , † March 1, 1815 in Oldenburg ) was a German history , landscape and portrait painter .
Life
David came from a poor background and was an orphan at an early age . After his parents' death, he was sent to an orphanage, where his tutors noticed his artistic talent. With the support of the Hamburg Society for the Advancement of the Arts and Useful Trades , he received artistic training from the drawing teacher Th. Reincke.
His subsequent study trips took Johann Marcus David first to Copenhagen , then in 1791 to Dresden , Leipzig and Italy . In 1792 he accepted a position as a drawing teacher at the Princely Institute in Dessau , which he held for several years before he returned to his hometown. In the next few decades he worked mainly in Hamburg and Lübeck , producing portraits and cityscapes in copperplate engraving , etchings and watercolors .
On March 1, 1815, David died in a broken marital relationship and in poverty.
literature
- Joseph Heckscher, Gustav Kowalewski: Johann Marcus David (1764-1811) . In: Communications from the Association for Hamburg History . Volume 24, Volume 8, Issue 3, No. 1 . W. Mauke Sons, Hamburg 1905, p. 370–381 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Joseph Heckscher, Gustav Kowalewski: Johann Marcus David - Second addendum to the list of his works . In: Communications from the Association for Hamburg History . 28th year, Volume 10, Issue 1, No. 2/3 . W. Mauke Sons, Hamburg 1908, p. 34–39 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Theodor Raspe : David, Johann Marcus . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 456–457 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Gustav Lindtke: Old Lübeck city views. Lübeck Museumshefte, Heft 7, Lübeck 1968, p. 98.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Marcus David . In: Antiquariat F. Dörling (Hrsg.): A collection of particularly beautiful and rare hamburgs and pictures from the area . Catalog No. 45 Hamburg 1933, views: old maps - plans - portraits from Hamburg and the surrounding area, p. 4 , doi : 10.11588 / diglit.12958 ( uni-heidelberg.de - auction on May 22nd and 23rd, 1933).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | David, Johann Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1815 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg in Holstein |