Karl Matthias Ernst

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Ernst's most famous picture: "Der Schinderhannes" , 1803
"Julchen" , the bride of "Schinderhannes" , gouache by Karl Matthias Ernst, 1803

Karl Matthias Ernst (born February 24, 1758 in Mannheim ; † 1830 , ibid) was a painter and graphic artist from the Electoral Palatinate .

biography

Karl Matthias Ernst attended the Mannheim drawing academy in the early 1770s, where he was a student of the engraver Egid Verhelst and the painter Franz Anton Leitenstorffer .

Due to disputes with Verhelst, he broke off his training in Mannheim after three years and joined the workshop of the engraver Christian von Mechel in Basel . He also stayed there for about three years. After a stopover in the county of Mömpelgard , where he made himself known to Montbéliard , at the court of Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg , who then resided there , Ernst returned to Mannheim. Here he studied for another year at the drawing academy and in 1782 won the annual award for best performance.

Due to poor health, Karl Matthias Ernst stayed in Rheinhessen , near Alzey, to recover . From here he came into contact with the Nassau-Weilburgischer Hof in Kirchheimbolanden and became a court draftsman there at the end of 1783. The painter later returned to his hometown Mannheim, where he continued to work as an artist and also gave lessons. He died there in 1830.

In addition to numerous pictures, Ernst also supplied specialist engravings for medical works and made maps. He has remained famous to this day for his widespread portraits of the robber captain Johannes Bückler (Schinderhannes) , his lover Juliana Blasius and people from their environment who were all tried in Mainz in 1802/1803 . Karl Matthias Ernst made portraits of Bückler and other defendants on behalf of the court president Georg Friedrich Rebmann during the main hearing . Several engravings and pictures with their likenesses were made in his workshop in 1803 and were apparently sold in large numbers as copies at that time.

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, etc. , Volume 4, page 145, Munich, 1837; (Digital scan)
  • Michael Kutzer: Karl Matthias Ernst as an illustrator of medical works , in: Medizinhistorisches Journal , Volume 19, 1984, page 394; (Clipping scan) ; Full view of the 1st page of the article
  • New library of the beautiful sciences and the free arts , volume 44, Leipzig 1791, page 236; (Digital scan)

Web links

Commons : Karl Mathias Ernst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fragment of the life story of the Mannheim copper engraver Karl Matthias Ernst , in: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter , Volume 9, 1908, page 50, (detail scan)
  2. ^ Website Schinderhannes research project , with mention of the portrait by Karl Matthias Ernst
  3. ^ Website on Schinderhannes with a mention of Karl Matthias Ernst (web portal regional history of the University of Mainz)

Gallery of pictures of the painter

  • Prince Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg , around 1785

  • City view of Weilburg , 1787

  • King George III of England , 1792

  • The Schinderhannes with Bride and Child, 1803

  • Peter Hassinger, robber around the Schinderhannes

  • Johann Müller, called Müllerhannes , robber in the vicinity of the Schinderhannes

  • Georg Friedrich Schulz, robber in the vicinity of the Schinderhannes

  • Philipp Klein from Dickesbach , called Hussar Philipp , robbers in the vicinity of the Schinderhannes

  • Franz Bayer, called Scheeler Franz , robber in the vicinity of Schinderhannes

  • Christian Reinhard, called Schwarzer Jonas , robber around the Schinderhannes

  • Ernst Xaver Turin, Canon and Vicar General in Mainz , around 1810

personal data
SURNAME Ernst, Karl Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernst, Carl Matthias; Ernst, Karl Mathias; Ernst, Carl Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 1830
Place of death Mannheim