Ludwig Daniel Heyd

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Ludwig Daniel Heyd (born February 7, 1743 in Hellingen , † 1801 in Kassel ) was a German court sculptor of the 18th century.

Life

Ludwig Daniel was the older of the two Heyd brothers who worked closely together in the then royal seat of Kassel in the second half of the 18th century. The year of birth of the younger brother Johann Wolfgang Heyd , who died at the turn of the year 1798/99, can be assumed to be 1749.

Their names can be found in the documents of the art academy founded by Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel , which is now the Kassel Art College . The first list of members shows them both as lecturers (Academiciens) in 1777. Ludwig Daniel already showed his own work at the art exhibition of this academy in 1778. The expansion of Kassel into a modern residence, promoted by the Landgrave, kept the two sculptors busy from 1781 until 1798. The joint workshop comes from both pure architectural sculptures and numerous sculptures from classical mythology. Since they worked together and also exhibited at the art exhibition in 1781, it is not always possible to assign them unequivocally.

Meder († 1798) tomb in Lübeck

Johann Werner Henschel was one of his students.

Works

Memorial to Gottfried August Bürger in Göttingen (demolished 1956)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wbaa.de
personal data
SURNAME Heyd, Ludwig Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Hellingen
DATE OF DEATH 1801
Place of death kassel