Peter Haas (copper engraver)
Lychnis dioica L. is a synonym for Silene dioica (L.) copperplate engraving by Peter Haas
Peter Haas (* 1754 [baptized on April 26, 1754] in Copenhagen , † after 1804 probably in Berlin ) was a German engraver .
Life
Haas was one of the sons of the engraver Jonas Haas , who moved to Copenhagen shortly before the birth of Peter Haas. He learned copper engraving from his father and studied at the Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1773 to 1776. He stabbed illustrations for numerous books, such as the Arab travel by Carsten Niebuhr and portraits. From 1786 he can be traced back to Berlin together with his brother, the copper engraver Meno Haas . In Berlin he engraved pictures from the life of King Frederick the Great and portraits as well as cityscapes of Berlin. His brother Georg Haas remained active as a copper engraver in Copenhagen.
Copper engravings (selection)
- Vice Admiral Peder Tordenskiold 1773
- Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein after Paul Ipsen 1781
literature
- Otto Andrup : Haas, Peter (Christian Peter Jonas) . 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. 391–392 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Wiebke Steinmetz: Haas, Peter . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 67, de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-23034-9 , p. 31.
Web links
Commons : Peter Haas - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Copper engravings by Peter Haas in the digital portrait index
- Works with the participation of Peter Haas in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Andrup : Haas, Peter (Christian Peter Jonas) . 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 ).
- ↑ Peter Tordenskiold. Det Kgl. Bibliotek - Digital collections, 1773, accessed on March 11, 2019 .
- ^ Christian Kratzenstein. Det Kgl. Bibliotek - Digital collections, 1776, accessed on March 11, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haas, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haas, Christian Peter Jonas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized April 26, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1804 |
| Place of death | Berlin |