Maximilian Joseph Auer

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Maximilian Joseph Auer (born July 14, 1795 or 1805 in Nymphenburg , † May 11, 1878 in Munich ) was a German porcelain painter .

life and work

Auer was the son of the porcelain painter Anton Auer (1778-1814), from whom he received his first training. His mother was Juliane Auer, née Harm, who married Johann Andreas Schmeller after the death of her husband in 1835 .

From 1814 Auer attended the public holiday school in Munich , where Hermann Mitterer trained him. In 1823, Auer was accepted into the Nymphenburg porcelain factory , where his father had been a senior painter. Auer worked there as an enamel painter under Christian Adler . In 1829 Auer was commissioned to continue the transfer of works from the royal gallery, which later became the Alte Pinakothek , to a dinner service , which his father had begun . He copied works by Peter Paul Rubens , Lorenzo di Credi and Raffael , among others , on porcelain plates.

Later Auer painted watercolors and worked as a glass painter . An eye disease eventually forced him to give up his artistic work.

tomb

Grave of Max Auer on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The grave of Max Auer is located in the old southern cemetery in Munich (grave field 2 - row 7 - place 41) location .

literature

annotation

  1. ↑ Several sources state 1795 as the year of birth, others state 1805 as the year of birth.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Auer, Max Joseph . In: Horst Ludwig (Ed.): Munich painter in the 19th century . Volume 1, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munich 1981, p. 37 f.
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Maximilian Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Auer, Max; Auer, Max Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German porcelain painter, glass painter and watercolor painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1795 or 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Nymphenburg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1878
Place of death Munich