Johannes Wiedewelt
Johannes Wiedewelt (born July 1, 1731 in Copenhagen , † December 17, 1802 by suicide there ) was a Danish sculptor of classicism.
Life
Wiedewelt was a son of the sculptor Just Wiedewelt and initially a student of his father. He received lessons from the Italian history painter Hieronimo Miani until 1745 . In 1750 Joachim Wasserschlebe , at that time legation secretary at the Danish legation in Paris , enabled him to study in Paris and study with Guillaume Coustou the Younger . In 1754 he received a royal scholarship to study in Rome . He stayed here until 1758 and made friends with Johann Joachim Winckelmann , who took him in and whose classicist views he adopted.
He returned to Copenhagen in 1758 and was appointed court sculptor in 1759. In 1761 he was appointed professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , where he worked until his death and which he was director from 1772 to 1777, from 1780 to 1789 and from 1792 to 1795.
Wiedewelt is considered the most important Danish sculptor before Bertel Thorvaldsen , whose first teacher he was. Even Caspar David Friedrich and Alexander Trippel were among his students.
He was buried in the assistance cemetery, for which he had created many tombs.
Works
- Tombs of Christian VI. and Frederick V in Roskilde Cathedral
- Sculptures in the park of Fredensborg Castle : marble statues Denmark and Norway; Sandstone statues of the 4 seasons; Groups: Perseus and Andromeda, Paris and Helena, Zephyr and Flora, Aeneas and Anchises; Trophies, vases, columns, obelisks
- Grave monuments in cemeteries in Copenhagen and in the Gertrudenfriedhof in Oldenburg
- Ideal busts of great Danes in the park of Jægerspris Castle
- Busts in Frederiksborg Palace , including a marble bust of Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
- Memorial stele for Christian Emil Reichsgraf zu Rantzau († 1777), Gut Rastorf (1780)
Fonts
- Thoughts about the taste. 1762, (Danish).
- Samling from Aegyptiske and Romerske Oldsager. ( Collection of Egyptian and Roman antiquities. ) Volume 1, 1786 ( mdz-nbn-resolving.de ).
literature
- Sigurd Müller : Wiedewelt, Johannes . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 539-546 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- P. Johansen: Wiedewelt, Johannes . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 25 : Werth – Øyslebø . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 96-98 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Wiedewelt, Johannes . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 527-528 .
- V. Thorlacius-Ussing: Johannes Wiedewelt . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 15 : Treschow – Wold . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1984, ISBN 87-01-77513-8 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
- Hakon Lund: Johannes Wiedewelt. In: Weilbach's Kunstnerleksikon. 4th edition ( kulturarv.dk ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Dürre: Seemanns Lexikon der Skulptur . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86502-101-4 , pp. 448 f .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wiedewelt, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1731 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1802 |
Place of death | Copenhagen |