Johann Theodor Susemihl

Johann Theodor Susemihl (* 1772 in Rainrod ; † after 1847) was a German animal painter , engraver and lithographer who worked in Darmstadt and Paris .

life and work

The bearded Alpengeyeradler ( Gypaetus barbatus ) (= bearded vulture ) (between 1802 and 1812)

Susemihl was the younger brother of Johann Conrad Susemihl and a student of Johann Georg Pforr .

From 1789 to 1791 he worked in the art institute of the war council Johann Heinrich Merck in Darmstadt. Between 1800 and 1817 he and his older brother drew and stabbed numerous birds in folio for the "Teutsche Ornithologie". He stayed in France around 1802 because a work signed by him with “Th. Susemihl… le 9. juin 1802 “is dated. In 1805, with the support of Landgrave Ludwig X of Hessen-Darmstadt, he went to Paris, where he worked for the lithographic institute of Johann Andrés . He made numerous natural history drawings in Paris (especially quadrupeds and birds).

Susemihl exhibited animal pictures and still lifes until 1848 .

Works (selection)

• 1802 Portrait of a Gentleman (L. Boilly)
• Le Chamois (chamois)
• Le Chameau. (Camel)
• Le porc epic. (Porcupine)

literature

• Charles Gabet: Susemilh, Théodore . In: Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIXe siècle . Madame Vergne, Paris 1831, p. 643 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
• Georg Kaspar Nagler: Susemihl, Johann (Theodor) . In: New General Artist Lexicon ... Volume 18 : Surugue, PL-Torre, G . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1848, p. 4 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Louis Auvray, Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie: Susemihl (Théodore) . In: Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours: architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, lithographes . tape 2 : M-Z . Renouard, Paris 1885, p. 534 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
• Walter Gräff: § 4. The sheets printed in Andrés Anstalt - I. Lithographs by Susemihl . In: The introduction of lithography in France . Karl Rössler's printing press, Heidelberg 1906, p. 29 ff . ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Further mentions in other chapters).
• Susemihl, Johann Theodor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 303 .