Joseph Simmler

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Joseph Simmler (born November 4, 1842 in Geisenheim , Duchy of Nassau , † September 25, 1899 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German artist who stood out primarily as an illustrator .

Joseph Simmler was one of nine children of the painter Friedrich Simmler (1801–1872). His siblings Wilhelm Simmler (1840–1923), Franz Joseph Simmler (1846–1926) and Antonia Simmler (1852–1923) were also artistically active.

Little is known about his life. In the 1860s he worked for a time with his brother Franz Joseph in the workshop of the sculptor Gottfried Renn in Speyer. He also knows several illustrations for books for children and young people.

He later worked as a senior bailiff for the Counts of Ingelheim , for whom his grandfather Johann Melchior Simmler (1758–1835) worked.

Works

The following illustrations are known from him:

  • Conanchet, the Indian chief. A story for the more mature youth . Edited from the English by JF Cooper by Franz Hoffmann . With 6 pictures in color print after watercolors by J. Simmler. K. Thienemann`s publishing house. Hoffmann Brothers, Stuttgart 1857 ( digitized version ).
  • German picture sheets for young and old . Weise, Stuttgart approx. 1867–1869
    • No. 18 Hunter's Sorrows and Pleasures
    • No. 66 Hunter's Latin
    • No. 82 Grape harvest in the Rheingau
    • No. 89 A tour in the mountains ( digitized version )
  • Gottlob Dittmar : The children's pleasure . Velhagen and Klasing, Bielefeld 1871. 2nd edition 1874 ( digitized ).
  • The red privateer . Edited by Otto Hoffmann after JF Cooper for the more mature youth. With six color prints after watercolors by J. Simmler and C. Offterdinger . Julius Hoffmann (K. Thienemanns Verlag), Stuttgart 1874 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Hans Ries: Illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in German-speaking countries 1871–1914 . Wenner, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-87898-329-8 , p. 885 (wrongly confused there with his brother Franz Joseph).
  • Matthias Lehmann: Friedrich Simmler (1801–1872). Life and work of the painter from Geisenheim . Fichter, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814023-5-3 , p. 247. 359.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Andresen : The German painter-Radirer (Peintres-Graveurs) of the nineteenth century . Volume 2, Leipzig 1867, p. 135 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Simmler, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Geisenheim
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1899
Place of death Aschaffenburg