Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck

Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck (born February 23, 1777 in Hertingen in the Markgräflerland (today part of Bad Bellingen ), Upper Austria ; † April 6, 1819 in Vienna , Austria ) was an Austrian landscape painter , draftsman , graphic artist and engraver , who was famous for his romantic landscape views in the aquatint technique, which was still new at the time, became famous.

Life

Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck was the son of pastor Philipp Jakob Schlotterbeck (1728–1786). Although the father, who was already a sick and decrepit man in 1780, died early in 1786 at the age of 58 and the mother subsequently lived in poor circumstances, she sent her son, whose talent for drawing she had recognized, to come close in 1790 Basel to study with Christian von Mechel (until 1796). His classmate at the time was Christian Haldenwang . In his youth in Switzerland he created a. a. twelve small views from the area around Zurich , Central Switzerland and the Bernese Oberland .

Together with Haldenwang, Schlotterbeck followed a call to the Chalkographische Gesellschaft (1795–1806) in Dessau in September 1796 , where he worked until 1800. Four of the engravings he made there after drawings by Claude Lorrain soon ended up in Napoleon's loot and later came to the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg .

Due to the turmoil of the Second Coalition War , Schlotterbeck left Dessau and came to Vienna in September 1801, where he soon worked mainly for the art publisher Tranquillo Mollo . In 1803/1804 he sent him on an "artistic voyage of discovery" to Salzburg , Tyrol and Styria . A second art trip took him to St. Pölten , Melk , Enns , Steyr , Eisenerz , Graz and Mariazell . By 1810, over 100 drawings were made on these trips.

In the following years, views of Baden near Vienna and the Helenental were created . In 1806, 60 etchings with views from the areas of Salzburg and Berchtesgaden were published in Vienna . Schlotterbeck's landscape and costume series also led to an economic success for his publisher Mollo.

Before his death in April 1819, he took one last art trip to Hungary .

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon , page 280/281 Verlag EA Fleischmann, 1845, page 280–281 (with a detailed list of works)
Michael Bryan, George Stanley: A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers , Verlag HG Bohn, 1849, p. 712
Ms. Müller: The artists of all times and peoples; or the life and works of the most famous builders, sculptors, painters, copper engravers and form cutters. From the earliest art epochs to the present , Verlag Ebner & Seubert, 1864, page 466
Constantin von Wurzbach : Schlotterbeck, Wilhelm Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 144–148 ( digitized version ).
Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays , Verlag Gründ, 1976, page 389
M. Martischnig: Schlotterbeck Wilhelm Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 220 f. (Direct links on p. 220 , p. 221 ).

Web links

Entry on Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Short biography with two examples
The Chalkographische Gesellschaft zu Dessau around 1800

Individual evidence

↑ Most of the older sources name Härkingen in the canton of Solothurn (Switzerland) or a village “Härtingen near Basel” as the place of birth. The latter is true, except that it is the German Hertingen in the Markgräflerland (now part of Bad Bellingen ) in southern Baden . See also the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (Volume 10, page 220 f.) Or the Hebel biography . Schlotterbeck was not Swiss, as stated in the sources, but a German engraver who received his training in Basel, only 25 kilometers away.
^ Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Gräffer : Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie , page 551, in commission of the F. Beck'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1836 ( digitized version )
↑ Basel Contributions to the Science of History , page 245, Verlag Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1938 ( excerpt )
↑ Friedrich Bury, Martin Dönike: Letters from Italy to Goethe and Anna Amalia , page 194, Wallstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3835301411 or ISBN 9783835301412 ( digitized version )

↑ Othmar Pickl: Archduke Johann of Austria. His work in his time , page 112, Historical State Commission for Styria, 1982 ( excerpt )

^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon (see "Literature"), ( digitized version )

^ Johann Kräftner: In the shadow of the Weilburg. Bathing in Biedermeier . Page 106, exhibition catalog for the exhibition of the municipality of Baden im Frauenbad from September 23, 1988 to January 31, 1989, Verlag G. Grasl, 1988, ISBN 385098186X or ISBN 9783850981866 ( excerpt )

personal data
SURNAME	Schlotterbeck, Wilhelm Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian landscape painter, draftsman, graphic artist and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hertingen in the Markgräflerland (today part of Bad Bellingen ), Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1819
Place of death	Vienna , Austria

[1] Most of the older sources name Härkingen in the canton of Solothurn (Switzerland) or a village “Härtingen near Basel” as the place of birth. The latter is true, except that it is the German Hertingen in the Markgräflerland (now part of Bad Bellingen ) in southern Baden . See also the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (Volume 10, page 220 f.) Or the Hebel biography . Schlotterbeck was not Swiss, as stated in the sources, but a German engraver who received his training in Basel, only 25 kilometers away.

[2] Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Gräffer : Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie , page 551, in commission of the F. Beck'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1836 ( digitized version )

[3] Basel Contributions to the Science of History , page 245, Verlag Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1938 ( excerpt )

[4] Friedrich Bury, Martin Dönike: Letters from Italy to Goethe and Anna Amalia , page 194, Wallstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3835301411 or ISBN 9783835301412 ( digitized version )

[5] Othmar Pickl: Archduke Johann of Austria. His work in his time , page 112, Historical State Commission for Styria, 1982 ( excerpt )

[6] Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon (see "Literature"), ( digitized version )

[7] Johann Kräftner: In the shadow of the Weilburg. Bathing in Biedermeier . Page 106, exhibition catalog for the exhibition of the municipality of Baden im Frauenbad from September 23, 1988 to January 31, 1989, Verlag G. Grasl, 1988, ISBN 385098186X or ISBN 9783850981866 ( excerpt )