Johann Sperl (porcelain painter)
Johann Sperl (* around 1718 in Schrattenhofen ; † 25. June 1796 in Ludwigsburg ), Johann Ulrich Sperl, was German blue painter Fayencemaler , painting , porcelain artist , porcelain painters, Majolikamaler and Fayenceinspektor.
Life
Sperl was born around 1718 in Schrattenhofen, today part of Harburg (Swabia) . He was hired as a painter boy on August 20, 1736 in the Oettingen-Schrattenhofen factory. In 1745 he followed the factory manager Johann Georg Conradi when he moved to Memmingen in Upper Swabia , where he was employed by the Künersberg faience . The last owners of the factory in Oettingen-Schrattenhofener around 1749 were the later Memmingen porcelain manufacturer Albrecht August Friedrich Köhler in association with Sperl. He was also active in Göppingen. Among other things, one of his works has been preserved in Slatina Castle . From 1759 Sperl held the position of chief blue painter and from 1763 until his death that of faience inspector in Ludwigsburg.
literature
- Josten: Sperl, Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 361 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Otto Riesebieter: The German faience of the 17th and 18th centuries . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1921, p. 97, 103, 105 and 130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ A b August Stoehr: German faience and German stoneware - a manual for collectors and enthusiasts . RC Schmidt, Berlin 1920, p. 206, 215 and 261 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sperl, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sperl, Johann Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1718 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schrattenhofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1796 |
| Place of death | Ludwigsburg |