Sebastian Weygandt
Sebastian Weygandt , also Weygand , (* 1760 in Bruchsal , † 1836 in Herleshausen ) was a German artist and painter who mainly dealt with portraiture .
biography
In the early years, Weygandt stayed in Augsburg and Italy , among other places , where he trained in art. Among other things, he was the royal Hohenlohe court painter in Breslau . During this time he taught the painter Julie Mihes . In 1807 he was appointed court painter in Kassel . However, he lost this position again around 1813 when the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia dissolved. Nevertheless he stayed in Kassel around 1818, because of his art and his character he was generally regarded as respected. There he taught at the art academy , one of his students was Johann Wilhelm Nahl . He later made a portrait of his teacher himself. Weygandt's well-known works include portraits of Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife Katharine von Württemberg at the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia. With the painters August von der Embde , Ludwig Hummel , Andreas Range and Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl from 1818 to 1819 he also worked on a series of 22 life-size portraits of Hessian landgraves, which were intended for the electoral ancestral gallery. In 1837 they were installed on the wall panels of the central domed hall of Wilhelmshöhe Palace . However , the works of art were destroyed in World War II. In 1836 he died in Herleshausen, a community near Kassel.
literature
- Friedrich Campe: New Painter Lexicon. Printed and published by Campesche Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1833.
- Louis Katzenstein : Weygandt, Sebastian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 273.
Web links
- Portrait of Sebastian Weygandt by his student Johann Wilhelm Nahl , 1829
- Sebstian Weygandt , auction results on the portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ^ According to the old spelling in Friedrich Campes Neues Maler-Lexicon, also Weygand
- ↑ Notwithstanding also 1824 cf. German biography
- ^ Friedrich Campe: New Painter Lexicon. Printed and published by Campesche Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1833
- ^ Biography of Wilhelm Nahl in the inventory catalog of 19th century paintings of the MHK
- ^ Biography of August von der Embde in the inventory catalog of 19th century paintings of the MHK
- ↑ Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm von der Schulenburg-Kehnert on hampel-auctions.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weygandt, Sebastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weygand, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruchsal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1836 |
| Place of death | Herleshausen |