Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach
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Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach (mostly Carl Daniel Friedrich Bach , nickname Carl Bach ; * May 1756 in Potsdam , † April 8, 1829 in Breslau ) was a German painter, draftsman and art teacher.
Life
Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach was the child of a Jewish merchant family. He became a student of the architect and copper engraver Andreas Ludwig Krüger in Potsdam, then of Blaise Nicolas Le Sueur in Berlin. With Johann Christoph Frisch , Daniel Chodowiecki and Daniel Berger he was a member of the "Society for Nude Drawing".
In 1780 Count Joseph Maximilian Ossolinski brought him to Warsaw , where he created several portraits. In 1784 he accompanied Count Jan Potocki on his trip to the Netherlands, France and Italy. During this period he became a member of the Düsseldorf Art Academy on December 15, 1785 . From 1786 he spent three years in Italy. On December 9, 1788 he became a member of the Florentine Academy of Art . In 1789 he returned to Berlin.
In 1791 Bach was appointed professor for painting and drawing at the newly founded Breslau Art School and its director. In 1793, Bach became the artistic curator of the Proskau faience factory . There he introduced neoclassical decorative motifs and had vessels made based on ancient models.
On July 23, 1794, he became a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin.
At the end of his life he converted to Protestant Christianity and called himself Carl David Friedrich Bach.
Fonts
- with Karl Friedrich Benkowitz : The torso. A magazine dedicated to old and new art. 1st volume. Korn, Breslau 1796/98 (no longer published; digitized version ).
- Instructions to draw according to the right proportions and to create beautiful shapes according to a simple rule for artists, craftsmen and friends of the beautiful. Korn, Breslau 1801.
- Outlines of the best heads and parts from the paintings in the Vatican after Raphael von Urbino. Wroclaw 1818.
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon; or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, etc. Vol. 1. Munich 1835, pp. 216–217 ( digitized version ).
- Alwin Schultz: Bach, Karl Daniel Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 751 f.
- Conrad Buchwald : Bach, Carl Daniel Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 308 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Michael Heyder: Bach, Carl Daniel Friedrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 6, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22746-9 , p. 130.
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Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Karl Daniel Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bach, Carl; Bach, Carl Daniel Friedrich; Bach, Karl David Friedrich (after the conversion) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1829 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |