Ludwig Meyer von Knonau (poet)

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Johann Ludwig Meyer von Knonau (born July 5, 1705 in Weiningen ; † November 2, 1785 ibid) was a Swiss poet and painter .

life and work

Johann Ludwig Meyer von Knonau was the son of Landvogts zu Regensberg Hans Ludwig Meyer von Knonau. He frequented the circle of Johann Jakob Bodmer and Johann Jakob Breitinger . He also maintained contact with Christoph Martin Wieland .

Johann Ludwig Meyer of Knonau translated the French fables of Beat Ludwig von Muralt into German . In addition, Johann Gottfried Herder and Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich referred to Meyer's work in their fables.

Johann Ludwig Meyer is particularly remembered for his fables, Half a Hundred New Fables (1744), inspired by his own experiences . His fables are shorter rhyming poems about the peculiarities of the domestic and field animals found in his environment, especially the birds. For the book Neue Fabeln from 1757 he made drawings, of which his son-in-law Daniel Düringer (1720–1786) converted 59 drawings into etchings . Little is known of his lifelike paintings as many are privately owned.

Johann Ludwig Meyer von Knonau was married to Anna, née Hirzel (1718–1754). His grandson was Ludwig Meyer von Knonau .

In 1941 the Landesmuseum Zürich acquired 49 washed pen drawings by Meyer's, on which farmhouses and barns from the Limmattal , Reppischtal and Furttal are depicted.

literature

  • Lucas Wüthrich: Johann Ludwig Meyer von Knonau as an artist (1705–1785). In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History, Vol. 28, 1971, pp. 198–207 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tapan Bhattacharya: Daniel Düringer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Meyer von Knonau, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer von Knonau, Johann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet and painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1705
PLACE OF BIRTH Weiningen
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1785
Place of death Weiningen