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 ).
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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 |