Meno Haas
Meno Haas (born May 30, 1752 in Hamburg , † October 16, 1833 in Berlin ) was a German engraver .
Life
Haas was the son of the engraver Jonas Haas . He learned the trade from his father and from Johann Martin Preissler in Copenhagen . As a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Art , he received the silver medal from the academy in 1772 and 1774. He went to Paris and in 1782 became a student of Nicolas de Launay . In 1786 he received a call to Berlin to engrave the paintings in the royal gallery. Since 1787 he exhibited at the exhibitions of the Prussian Academy of the Arts and was accepted into the academy as a member in 1793 in recognition of his engraving Der deutsche Fürstenbund based on the painting by Bernhard Rode . His brothers Peter and Georg Haas also became famous engravers.
literature
- Haas, Johann Meno . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (eds.): New general artist Lexicon: or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers etc . EA Fleischmann, 1837, p. 479 ( books.google.de - incorrectly states Copenhagen as the place of birth).
- Frederik Julius Meier: Haas, Johann Meno . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 438 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Otto Andrup : Haas, Meno (Johann Meno) . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 391 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
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SURNAME | Haas, Meno |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haas, Meno Johannes; Haas, Johann Meno |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1752 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1833 |
Place of death | Berlin |