Karl Friedrich Hirschberg

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Karl Friedrich Hirschberg , also Karl Friedrich Hirschberger (* around November 20, 1734 in Pirna , Saxony, † March 30, 1790 in Pirmasens ) was a German painter.

Life

Karl Friedrich Hirschberg came from Pirna in Saxony . On July 1, 1765 he was appointed court painter in Darmstadt . On September 5, 1765, however, after the death of Johann Christian Fiedler , Hirschberg's uncle, Johann Ludwig Strecker von Buchsweiler succeeded him as Darmstadt court painter. Thereupon Hirschberg was hired on October 23 of the same year as the third court painter in Buchsweiler. In this position he received a salary of 100 guilders . Hirschberg created a beauty gallery for Ludwig IX. from Hessen-Darmstadt and was also used in the production of soldier pictures for Ludwig's collection. Johann Heinrich Merck described his activity in a letter dated September 18, 1780 to Karl-August von Sachsen-Weimar and Eisenach with the following words: “A third court painter is busy with nothing like French ladies grinding both real and possible ones, and these in all positions and clothes. "

A portrait of Baron Ludwig Carl von Weitolshausen , called Schrautenbach, comes from Hirschberg . An etching by Karl Göpffert based on this painting can be found under the signature Ho 1462 in the graphic collection of the Hessian State Museum .

literature

  • Brita von Götz-Mohr, Eva Huber (ed.): Darmstadt in the time of the Baroque and Rococo. Exhibition catalog Mathildenhöhe, September 6 to November 9, 1980. Volume 1. Magistrat der Stadt Darmstadt, Darmstadt 1980, p. 47. 49.
  • Ulrike Leuschner (Ed.): Johann Heinrich Merck. Correspondence. Volume 2. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0105-4 , pp. 482 and 485

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church book of the Evangelical Church Community Pirmasens, baptisms, marriages, deaths and confirmations 1758-1795 , page 159: The 30th Mart [ius] [1790] is the prince. Hofkammerrath and Kunstmahler Mr. Friederich Carl Hirschberger, born in Pirna in Saxony, died of a dropsy in the chest, and was buried the 31st ejusd [em], aetas. 55 year 4 month u. 10 days.
  2. ↑ Yvonne Schülke, Color & Sound. A contribution to the color and tone design of German classicism using the example of Johann Heinrich Schmidt called Fornaro (1757–1821) , dissertation Saarbrücken 2015, p. 31, footnote 152.
  3. ↑ Ulrike Leuschner (Ed.): Johann Heinrich Merck. Correspondence. Volume 5. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2007, p. 253.
personal data
SURNAME Hirschberg, Karl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirschberger, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH around November 20, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1790
Place of death Pirmasens