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).
personal data
SURNAME Fratrel, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French, painter, etcher, and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Epinal
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1783
Place of death Mannheim