Nilson (artist family)
The Nilson family was an artist family from Augsburg and on their paternal side from Gothenburg. The following people belonged to it:
Andreas Nilson (born around 1690 in Augsburg; died 1751 ibid), German toll collector and miniature painter ⚭ 1721 Rosina Barbara (born Brettauer, painter and parchment cutter, around 1691 to 1763)
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Johann Esaias Nilson (born November 2, 1721 in Augsburg; died April 11, 1788 there), German miniature painter, draftsman, engraver and art publisher ⚭ 1755 Rosina Catharina (née Crophius), after her he was twice more (1764 and 1766) married
- Rosina Catharina (also Katharina) Nilson (born November 22, 1755 in Augsburg, buried December 18, 1785 there), German drawing teacher and miniaturist
- Johann Jakob Nilson (born October 10, 1756 in Augsburg; buried September 23, 1826 there), German engraver and drawing teacher
- Susanne Christina Johanna Nilson (born 1786 in Augsburg), German illuminist
- Wilhelm Johann Esaias Nilson (born 1788 in Augsburg), German engraver
- Catharina Christina Johanna Nilson (born 1791 in Augsburg), German miniaturist
- Johann David Nilson (born 1799 in Augsburg), German drawing teacher
- Christoph Andreas Nilson (born April 24, 1760 in Augsburg; died July 26, 1833 there), German lawyer and drawing teacher
- Johann Philipp Nilson (born May 1, 1770 in Augsburg; buried April 16, 1828 there), German engraver and drawing teacher
- Christoph Friedrich Nilson (born March 9, 1811 Augsburg; died December 19, 1879 in Munich), German painter and etcher
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : Nilson, Andreas ... In: New general KünstlerLexicon, or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig, p. 343–346 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- A. Hämmerle : Nilson, family of artists from Augsburg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 478-480 (The dictionary has thirteen entries on the family).
- Tobias Biehler: About miniature paintings: with information from many artists and court libraries who have interesting manuscripts with miniatures . Typographical-literary-artistic establishment, Vienna 1861, p. 64 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Entries on Andreas, Johann Esaias and Rosina Katharina Nilson and).
Web links
- Rolf Biedermann, Günther Grünsteudel: Nilson, artist family. In: Stadtlexikon Augsburg (as of January 10, 2012)