Johann Michael Mettenleiter (graphic designer)

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Johann Michael Mettenleiter: Sample sheet for Alois Senefelders "Textbook of Stone Printing"

Johann Michael Mettenleiter (born April 22, 1765 in Großkuchen , today a district of Heidenheim an der Brenz , † March 19, 1853 in Passau ) was a German draftsman , etcher , engraver and lithographer .

Life

The son of a school teacher and watchmaker received his first training from his 15 years older brother, the painter and draftsman Johann Jakob Mettenleiter . He accompanied him on his study trip to Italy in 1775/1776 . In 1778 he was again with his brother in Augsburg . In 1782, after the death of his father, he went to Munich , where he earned his living as a draftsman, etcher and book illustrator . He was quite successful at this. In 1786 he made the “ copper ” for Lorenz Westenrieder's “Geschichte von Baiern” .

His success has now also brought him supraregional orders, especially from the book trade metropolis of Leipzig , according to the publisher Crusius . His 1800 sheets on Bavarian and German history were almost compared with the works of Chodowiecki . In 1790, after the death of his predecessor, Joseph Georg Wintter , who died in 1789 , and with the obligation to marry the widow and raise her three underage children, he acquired the title of Bavarian court engraver from Elector Karl Theodor with a salary of 200 gulden . After the invention of lithography , Mettenleiter improved this process and set up a lithographic facility for the royal Bavarian State Council in order to be able to reproduce documents quickly.

In 1818 Mettenleiter also set up a lithographic establishment and field printing facility in Warsaw for the Russian Tsar Alexander I , for which he was honored with the Order of St. Stanislaus . When he returned to Bavaria, he remained in government service until 1833. In 1824 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . In 1844 he was hit by a cart in Munich and seriously injured. He died in Passau in 1853. In addition to his two step-sons Raphael and Heinrich Eduard , his nephew Johann Evangelist Mettenleiter and Domenico Quaglio are also counted among his students .

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personal data
SURNAME Mettenleiter, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, etcher, engraver and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Großkuchen today part of the Heidenheim district
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1853
Place of death Passau