Johann Wilhelm Sckell

Wilhelm Sckell (* 1722 in Reckahn ; † 1792 in Schwetzingen ), also Johann Wilhelm Sckell , was a German landscape gardener.

Life

Sckell came from the painter and gardener family Sckell . He was the son of Johann Georg Wilhelm Sckell and after his training he was court gardener of the princes of Nassau- Weilburg from 1749 . In 1753 he came to Schwetzingen, where he worked for the Elector Karl Theodor von der Pfalz from 1757 . He was the father of the later architect and horticultural artist Friedrich Ludwig Sckell , who completed his first training in horticulture and civil architecture under the direction of his father. In 1762 Sckell became the second court gardener at Schwetzingen Castle . His younger brother Johann Friedrich Sckell (1725-1810) initially succeeded the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and in 1765 became Prince Carl Christian's building inspector .

literature

Sckell, Wilhelm (Joh. W.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 398 .

Web links

Johann Wilhelm Sckell (1722–1792) and Johann Friedrich Sckell (1725–1810) museum-weilburg.de

Individual evidence

^ Richard Streiter: Munich architecture around 1806 to 1906 . In: Representations from the history of technology in industry and agriculture in Bavaria ... R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Berlin 1906, p. 17–34, here p. 21 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Sckell, Johann Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sckell, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape gardener
DATE OF BIRTH	1722
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reckahn (Brandenburg)
DATE OF DEATH	1792
Place of death	Schwetzingen

[1] Richard Streiter: Munich architecture around 1806 to 1906 . In: Representations from the history of technology in industry and agriculture in Bavaria ... R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Berlin 1906, p. 17–34, here p. 21 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).