Johann Michael Rummer

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Johann Michael Rummer (born May 5, 1747 in Handschuhsheim ; † March 2, 1821 ) was a German artisan who made inlay work for various European rulers in David Roentgen's workshop in Neuwied .

Life

Rummer learned how to handle wood early on on his parents' farm. The Heidelberg church council Mieg recognized his talent and made it possible for him to train with the carpenter and cabinet maker Abraham Roentgen , where he learned for six years and became familiar with the art of inlay. He traveled to England to work with a cabinet maker named Gem and returned to Neuwied for a year. Prince Poninsky made it possible for him to come to Warsaw, where he stayed for a year. At that time he created valuable furniture for royal families and worked for the cabinet maker and cabinet maker Nieman [n].

In 1776 or 1777 he returned to Handschuhsheim, from where David Roentgen , the son of his teacher, called him to his workshop in Neuwied, whose main employee he became. Furniture from this workshop was sold to Goethe and the court of Louis XVI. delivered in Versailles and the Russian tsarist court. He was involved in the manufacture of a cabinet for Marie-Antoinette . On behalf of Archduke Karl von Lothringen , Rummer and Roentgen created the wall paneling in the castle in Brussels, which is considered the largest inlaid work in the world and is now kept in a Viennese museum. In 1786 Rummer settled in Schwetzingen . One of his sons continued his workshop. Rummer's work symbol was a glove symbolizing his hometown.

In Handschuhsheim the Rummer-Weg is named after him.

literature

  • Jonny W. Stadler: Johann Michael Rummer (1747-1821). A cabinet maker from Heidelberg. In: District Association Handschuhsheim (Hrsg.): Yearbook. 2002, pp. 85-91.
  • Hans Heiberger: Handschuhsheim. Chronicle of a Heidelberg district. Heidelberg 1985, pp. 146-147.
  • Rummer, Michael . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935.
  • François de Salverte: Rummer (Michael) . In: Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle - leurs œuvres et leurs marques . G. Van Oest, Paris / Brussels 1923, p. 284 (French, Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here, however, May 3, 1747 is given as the birthday and 1812 as the year of death).
  • Georg Kaspar Nagler: Rummer, Michael . In: New general artist lexicon; or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver, etc . tape 14 : Rubens, A. – Santi, Rafael . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 42 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here, however, 1812 is given as the year of death).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rummer (Michael) . In: Johann Georg Meusel (Ed.): Teutsches Künstlerlexikon; or, directory of the now living German artists ... Meyersche Buchhandlung, Lemgo 1808, p. 243–244 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Rummer, Johann Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rummer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artisan, inlay artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Glove home
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1821