Johann Peter von Langer

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Johann Peter von Langer

Johann Peter Langer , from 1808 by Langer (* baptized July 1, 1756 in Kalkum , today in Düsseldorf , † August 6, 1824 in Munich ), was a German painter .

Life

Langer was the son of Anton Langer (1721–1788), who was born in Silesia and was the gardener of Count von Hatzfeld at Kalkum Castle , and his wife Maria Sibilla, née Walter. In 1781 he married Maria Josepha Kleyen (* 1760; † 14 January 1843), daughter of the Düsseldorf copper engraver Johann Joseph Kleyen and his wife Anna Sibilla, née Pütz. Langer's wife made a name for herself as an etcher under the name of Josephine Langen . The couple had three sons, among them Robert in 1783 , who was also to become a painter.

Langer began his studies in 1775 under Lambert Krahe at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There he won the second prize at the academy exhibition in 1776 and the first prize in 1778, which was associated with a scholarship. In 1784 he became professor of the academy and in 1789 its director. In 1788 Langer went on a study trip to Holland. In autumn 1794 the academy came to a standstill as a result of the First Coalition War . A new field he found in this time in Duisburg at the entrepreneur Johann Böninger (1756-1810). With him he founded the “Mechanographic Institute”, which produced flower and figure wallpapers, whose “taste and delicacy” was also taken by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . In 1798 Langer traveled to Paris with his son Robert and Böninger to present the wallpaper in an exhibition. Langer found opportunities for artistic studies in Paris museums. When, after the Peace of Lunéville, the main sales area for wallpapers on the left bank of the Rhine was separated by the customs border of France , which was extended to the Rhine in 1801 , the wallpaper factory was relocated to Paris. Langer returned to Düsseldorf during this time and devoted himself to rebuilding the Academy of Fine Arts . In 1801 he also became director of the Gemäldegalerie Düsseldorf . In 1802 he had 42 students at the academy. The portraitists Heinrich Christoph Kolbe and Pieter Christoffel Wonder were among his students . In 1806 Langer became director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and in 1808 he was accepted into the Bavarian nobility.

Works

Portrait of Aron Elias Seligmann (1747–1824)

Langer mainly painted religious, but also profane historical pictures. In addition, he made numerous drawings , many of which are now in the State Graphic Collection in Munich , portraits and ingeniously etched sheets. In color Langers images are better than those of most of his contemporaries, studied his characters well. His composition is under the rule of a cold academic classicism , which under his direction was also decisive for the Munich Academy. That is why he behaved negatively towards younger talents such as Peter von Cornelius and Schwanthaler .

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personal data
SURNAME Langer, Johann Peter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langer, Peter von; Langer, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 1, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcum , today in Düsseldorf
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1824
Place of death Munich