Elias Gottlob Haussmann(alsoHaußmannorHausmann) (1695 – 11 April 1774) was a German painter in thelate Baroqueera. Haussmann served ascourt painteratDresden,and from 1720, as the officialportraitistatLeipzig.He is mostly known for his portrait ofJohann Sebastian Bachwhich was painted in 1746.
Elias Gottlob Haussmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1695 |
| Died | 11 April 1774(aged 78–79) Germany |
| Known for | Portrait painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Life
editHaussmann was born inGera.He was at first a pupil of his father, Elias Haußmann (1663–1733), who was the Landgrave of Hesse's court painter. Haussmann was in the royal Hessian service, as he was mentioned in a September 1717 letter of recommendation fromLandgrave Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadtas "Our court painter's son".[1]
The Landgrave allowed him a study trip through Germany, where he met portraitistFrancesco Carlo RuscaatLugano.[2]Haussmann also met the Dresden court painterÁdám Mányoki,who wrote favorably of him.[1]
From 1720, Haussmann was the official portrait painter of the city of Leipzig, but left the city in 1722, probably because of differences with theMalerinnung(painters' guild) of Leipzig. Haussman and the guild quarrelled in 1729 and 1742 because he refused to become aburgheror to come to agreements with the guild.[1]These disputes are also accepted as a reason that Mányoki revoked his recommendation.[1]
In 1723, Haussmann was appointed court painter toAugustus II the Strong,King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. In 1725, he returned to Leipzig. In 1726, he took over the clientele of his predecessor, beginning with a portrait of the merchant Johann Heinrich Linke. In the 1760s, he and his school were replaced by Ernst Gottlob andAnton Graff.[1]Haussmann was also a long-time painter of the Protestant clergy.[1]
Works
editThe City Historical Museum of Leipzig in theOld Town Hall,where the Bach portrait hangs, also has several other oil paintings by Haussmann and a variety of his copperplate engravings. Most Haussmann paintings can easily be attributed – he regularly signed his works on the back with his name and the date.[1]
Haussmann's early portraits, like that of Gottfried Reiches, display individual composition, technical careful execution, a high level of detail, and realistic emotional expressions. Many later portraits on the other hand, possess typical characteristics of serial images. Especially in the years after 1760, they use the same measurements and often show the subjects in the same attitude. Often there are identical clothes in the same colors within a series of portraits of rather insignificant officials. Georg Müller writes of an "image factory".[1]
Engravings made by others were enhanced with titles, career and personal data.[3]
Haussmann's oil paintings and the larger number of etchings[1]show a cross section of the leading layer of the bourgeoisie of Leipzig from the fields of politics, administration, judiciary, the church, business (especially trade and crafts), science and art. Examples include:[3]
- Mayor Gottfried Wilhelm Küster
- Councillor and builder Kaspar Richter
- Councillor and city judgeJohann Jacob Mascov
- Pastor Gottlieb Gauditz
- Archdeacon Christian Weiß
- Councillor and merchantJohann Zacharias Richter
- Merchant Johann Heinrich Linke
- Jurist Christian Gottfried Moerlin
- University professor August Friedrich Müller
- Kapellmeister andThomaskantorJohann Sebastian Bach
- Senior municipal musician Gottfried Reiche
- WriterLuise Gottsched
References
edit- ^abcdefghiGeorg Müller (1907–1947). "Elias Gottlob Haussmann". InUlrich Thieme;Felix Becker;et al. (eds.).Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart.Vol. 16. Leipzig. pp.145–146.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Art of Bach, paintings and drawings from collections East Germany.Leipzig. 1985.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[full citation needed] - ^abWerner Neumann,ed. (1979).Bilddokumente zur Lebensgeschichte Johann Sebastian Bachs – Supplement toJohann Sebastian Bach, Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke.Vol. IV. Kassel.
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Further reading
edit- Sigismund, Ernst (1929). "Der Maler des Bachporträts E. G. Haussmann. Ein Gedenkblatt".Illustrierte Monatsschrift für Kultur, Wissenschaft und Verkehr.Leipzig.
- Sigismund, Ernst (1950). "Der Porträtmaler Elias Gottlob Haussmann und seine Zeit: die Bachbildnisse".Zeitschrift für Kunst.4(2):126–135.
- Wustmann, Gustav(1907).Der Leipziger Kupferstich im 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert[Leipzig's engraving in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries]. J. B. Hirschfeld.OCLC37772735.
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