Johannes Franciscus Christ
Johannes Franciscus Christ (born February 14, 1790 in Nijmegen ; † March 9, 1845 ibid) was a Dutch landscape painter , etcher and watercolorist .
Christ was a student of Jacob van Eynden (1733–1824) and continued his self-taught education. In 1835 he wrote the book Wandelingen van een landschapschilderhung de Ruhr en een gedeelte van den Ryn (German: walks of a landscape painter along the Ruhr and a section of the Rhine).
The painter Jan van Ravenswaay helped him paint figures in his landscape paintings. The animal painter Bernard te Gempt was his student in Nijmegen before he started studying in Amsterdam. Christ was the father of Johanna Maria and Pieter Casper Christ (1822–1888), who also became a painter.
literature
- Christ, Johannes Franciscus . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 534 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Johannes Franciscus Christ - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Johannes Franciscus Christ. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Biographical portal van Nederland (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christ, Johannes Franciscus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch landscape painter, etcher and watercolorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijmegen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1845 |
| Place of death | Nijmegen |