Martin Schnell

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Martin Schnell (* around 1675 in Stade ; † around 1740 probably in Warsaw ) was a court lacquer artist from the Electorate of Saxony . He is considered the founder of Japanese spreading technology in Europe.

Life

He was probably the son of the pharmacist Johannes Schnell and his wife Anna, used. Luther was born in Stade, where his parents ran the Löwenapotheke until their untimely death in 1676 and 1678 respectively.

In Berlin he worked as a painter in the workshop of the brothers Jacques and Gerald Dagly. From there, Schnell was brought to Dresden by August the Strong in 1710 as a court lacquer artist , the same year in which the Meissen porcelain factory was founded, with which he worked closely until 1715. Schnell had specialized in decorating Böttger stoneware, the earliest Meissen porcelain, with gold and lacquer painting.

Later he was involved in the design of the interior of the Green Vault , the Dutch Palace and the Wilanów Palace in Warsaw , for which he made cabinets with chinoise decorations. In the Museum of Lacquer Art in Münster there is a cabinet from 1715.

Awards

  • Appointment as court lacquer artist

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gahde: The origin of the Dresden court varnisher Martin Schnell from Stade , in: Stader Jahrbuch 2017, p. 157 ff.
  2. ^ S like Schnell, Martin (1675-1740) , in: ABC der Lackkunst. Museum of Lacquer Art, accessed April 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Jakub Sito: Silva Rerum: Martin Schnell (1675? –1740?). Wilanów Palace, accessed April 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Quick, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court lacquer artist from Electoral Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH around 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Stade
DATE OF DEATH around 1740
Place of death Warsaw