Johann Peter Götting
Johann Peter Götting , also known as Godding (* 1795 in Aachen ; † October 3, 1855 in Düsseldorf ), was a German history painter and sculptor of the Romantic period .
Life
Götting received his first painting and drawing lessons as well as instruction in modeling from Johann Baptist Joseph Bastiné in the Aachen drawing school . However, painting was to remain his main activity, as he had stated in his marriage certificate of October 27, 1820. A few years later, Götting switched to the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where from 1829 he exhibited a Mater dolorosa in clay as well as Aeneas and Anchises as a bas-relief made of plaster, but from 1832 appeared with paintings. He was instructed by Wilhelm Schadow mainly in the art of history painting. Influenced by Schadow himself, but also by contacts with the group of artists formed around Schadow, the Düsseldorf School of Painting , Götting oriented himself towards the Nazarene art direction when choosing his motifs . The paintings he created during this time were often mentioned in connection with the works of Ernst Deger , Andreas Müller , Karl Müller , Franz Ittenbach . Some of his works of art were included in the catalog " Histoire de l'art moderne Allemagne " by the art collector Atanazy Raczyński . After a successful debut at the painting exhibition in Aachen in 1837, Götting's paintings were represented several times at the Berlin art exhibition from 1834 to 1844 and at the painting exhibitions of the Kunstverein zu Bremen in 1843 and 1845 .
In between, Götting was also active as a sculptor, but apart from a 48 centimeter high bust of Robert Schumann , hardly any other works of this kind have come down to us. This bust is the only fully three-dimensional portrait of Robert Schumann that is known or has survived and is now on permanent loan to the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf .
family
Johann Peter Götting was initially married to Anna Katharina Franck from Aachen and in 1829 in Düsseldorf to Anna Margarethe Prehel. With her he had the son Gottfried Götting , who moved back to Aachen after the death of his father, where he became a successful and well-known sculptor and was given a teaching position at the Royal Rheinisch-Westfälische Polytechnische Schule in Aachen . A third marriage followed later with a person whose name was not known.
In some sources, such as Nagler's artist lexicon, Götting is mentioned with a “von”, which, according to J. Fey, is not proven and therefore not tenable.
Works (selection)
- Christ and Peter walk the seas , 1834, donated to the Moritzkirche in Halberstadt
- Veronica with the handkerchief , 1834
- Christ as Judge of the World , 1836
- Mary parting from the body of Christ , 1836
- St. Martinus as bishop ,donatedas an altar painting to the parish church in Treis on the Moselle
- Bust of Robert Schumann , 1853
Literature and Sources
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New General Artist Lexicon , Vol. 5, EA Fleischmann, Munich, 1837, p. 259.
- Goetting, Johann Peter . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1895, p. 395.
- Johannes Fey: On the history of Aachen painters of the 19th century . In: From Aachen's prehistory. Announcements from the association for customers of the Aachen prehistory . Tenth year 1897, No. 4/8. Pp. 61–62 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Josef Scotti : The Düsseldorf painter school, or art academy in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, and also before and after . Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1837, p. 118, No. 48 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Christ as World Judge, Kunsthaus Lempertz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Götting, Johann Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Godding, Johann Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history painter and sculptor of the Romantic period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1855 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |