Joseph Fratrel

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Joseph Fratrel, Apotheosis of Elector Karl Theodor, etching, 1779
Johann Gerhard Huck , engraved with mezzotint , by Joseph Fratrel, 1780

Joseph Fratrel d. Ä. (* 1727 in Épinal , France; † May 15, 1783 in Mannheim ) was a French painter, etcher and engraver .

life and work

Joseph Fratrel, born in Epinal in 1727 (some sources say 1730), studied law and became a parliamentary advocate in the Duchy of Lorraine . Since he stammered heavily , he was unsuitable for this job and had to give it up.

He had already been introduced to miniature painting by a monk and was now learning this professionally from Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (1723–1769) in Paris.

Stanislaus I. Leszczyński , Duke of Lorraine, hired Fratrel as court painter in his residence, Castle Lunéville . After his death in 1766, he moved to the Palatinate court in Mannheim, where Elector Karl Theodor appointed him professor at the local art academy . There he also began to paint in a new type of oil and wax mixture, based on an encaustic process developed by the Mannheim-based Baron Charles von Taubenheim.

Fratrel also received further training from the renowned copper engraver Egid Verhelst in Mannheim . He then created one of his most famous works, the etching Apotheosis by Elector Carl Theodor , 1777 [s. Daubicourt II, p. 196, No. 11 I (v. II)].

Fratrel died as a court painter in Mannheim in 1783 and is considered one of the well-known artists at the Palatinate court. The city of Mannheim named a street after him.

Works

  • La cire alliée avec l'huile, ou la peinture à l'huile-cire trouvée à Manheim by M. Charles Baron de Taubenheim. Acad. Électorale, Manheim 1770 urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-116948 .

literature

  • Johann Christian von Mannlich : Description of the Churpfalzbaierischen painting collections in Munich. Volume 1, Munich 1805, pp. 174-175 ( books.google.de ).
  • Friedrich Mueller: The artists of all times and peoples. Volume 2, Stuttgart 1860, p. 114 ( books.google.de ).
  • Joseph Heller: Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler , Volume 1, 1870, S. 524 ( books.google.de ).
  • Ulrich Haussmann: Joseph Fratrel d. Ä .: Cora, Joseph Fratrel d. Ä .: Flight to Egypt. In: Rolf Bothe, Ulrich Haussmann (eds.): Goethe's "Picture Gallery". The beginnings of the Weimar art collections. G-und-H-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931768-66-X , pp. 175-176, 182. (Im Blickfeld der Goethezeit; special volume. Sandstein, Dresden and G-und-H Verlag Berlin).
  • Friedrich von Schaden: About some Mahlereyen of Herr Fratrel, Elector Hofmahlers zu Manheim. In: Christoph Martin Wieland (Hrsg.): Der Teutsche Merkur . Volume 36, Weimar 1781, pp. 254-261.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Fratrel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Website on Joseph Fratrel and his encaustic painting ( Memento from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ The encaustic painting ...: A teaching and manual for artists and art lovers. P. 20 ( books.google.de on Baron von Taubenheim's encaustic process).