Theodor Friedrich Stein
Theodor Friedrich Stein (* around 1730 in Hamburg ; † August 1, 1788 in Lübeck ) was a German portrait painter .
Life
Stein lived and worked from 1750 to 1770 in Hamburg and then in Lübeck. He made portraits of the Holstein nobility and the citizens of Hamburg and Lübeck, preferably in pastel . He also created miniatures using the method of the painter Karl Gustav Klingstedt (1657–1734).
Various of his portraits were made into copperplate engravings by Christian Fritzsch , Christian Friedrich Fritzsch , Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch and Jacobus Houbraken as well as the younger Bernigeroths and were thus widely used.
His death, different information is given, wrote Georg Ludwig Eckhardt in 1794 that stone last in Eutin have lived, where he died 1780th This is also stated in Friedrich Campe. In other sources, however, it is said that he settled in Lübeck and died there on August 1, 1788 of breast disease.
Works
- Johann Christian Wolf , Hamburg State and University Library
- The merchant Pierre His
- Cello player , Hamburger Kunsthalle
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler (ed.): New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, shape cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers…. tape 17 : Sole, GG - Surugue, L . Fleischmann, Munich 1847, p. 268 ( books.google.de ).
- Stein, Theodor Friedrich . In: Association for Hamburg History (Hrsg.): Hamburg Artist Lexicon . tape 1 : The visual artists . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1854, p. 248–249 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Alfred Lichtwark : Theodor Friedrich Stein . In: Kunstverein in Hamburg (ed.): The portrait in Hamburg . Hamburg 1898, p. 155–157 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Stein, Theodor Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 547 .
- Neil Jeffares: Dictionary of pastellists before 1800. pastellists.com (PDF; 75 kB).
Web links
- Trier University Library: Portrait ID: 385 0151 Jakob Friedrich von Bielfeld / Theodor Friedrich Stein
- Swedish National Museum: Theodor Friedrich Stein (two paintings)
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Ludwig Eckhardt : Theodor Stein. In: Hamburg artist news. Wörmer, Gauss, Kummer, Hamburg / Leipzig 1794, pp. 40-41 ( uni-goettingen.de ).
- ^ Friedrich Campe: Stein, Theodor Friedrich . In: New painter's lexicon for hand use for art lovers: In addition to monograms . Campe, 1833, p. 302 ( books.google.de ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stein, Theodor Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1788 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |