Johannes Veit

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Jonas Veit by Philipp Veit

Johannes Veit (before his baptism 1810 Jonas Veit ; born March 2, 1790 in Berlin , † January 18, 1854 in Rome ) was a German history painter . He was the brother of the more important Philipp Veit (1793–1877) and of Jewish origin, but not interested in Judaism. From 1811 he lived and worked in Rome, where he particularly joined Friedrich Overbeck .

Life

Jonas Veit was born on March 2, 1790 in Berlin as the son of the banker Simon Veit and his wife Brendel (later Dorothea Friederike) , the eldest daughter of Moses Mendelssohn . After his parents separated, Veit initially stayed with his father in Berlin. In 1805 he started in Hamburg a business apprenticeship at Bankhaus J. & A. Mendelssohn his uncle Joseph and Abraham Mendelssohn . In 1808 he turned to painting, for which he attended the Dresden Art Academy under Friedrich Matthäi .

On July 26, 1810, Veit converted to the Catholic faith and took the first name Johannes . At the end of this year he moved to Vienna as an assistant . In February 1811 he moved to Rome , although he had initially planned to move to Paris . The occasion was the works of Gottlieb Schick , which Veit was very fascinated by. Now he made friends with Friedrich Overbeck in Rome and lost interest in Schick.

In 1821 Veit married Flora Ries , who later also became a Catholic. After the marriage he returned to Rome, where he continued to associate with Overbeck, and finally died on January 18, 1854.

Veit was a slow-working artist with high demands on himself. His demands were higher than what he liked to realize. Among his works, a depiction of the Adoration of the Shepherds in St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin stands out.

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SURNAME Veit, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veit, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German history painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1854
Place of death Rome