Discover etcher, painter, sculptor Johann Friedrich Weitsch

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: Pascha-Weitsch
Weitsch, Pascha

Qualifications: etcher, painter, sculptor, miniaturist painter, military personnel, museum director

Nationality/school: German

Born: Hessendamm 1723-10-16

Deceased: Braunschweig 1803-06-08

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Since 1748 he was married to Anna Stoppen; after her death he married Sophie Helmkampf in 1783. His sons Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828) and Johann Anton August Weitsch (1762–1841) were also painters. The latter one succeeded him as Gallery Inspector in Salzdahlum.

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2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Wolfenbüttel
He worked here as a scribe.
Salzdahlum 1744
He started here as a militairy man (Corporal, Sergeant); during his service he trained himself with great success, so that he became a porcelain painter in 1756 in the 'Porzellan Manufaktur Fürstenberg'; here he started to make landscape painting of the surroundings and the Harz.
Fürstenberg (Weser) 1756
During his porcelain painting days he also contributed work to the lacquer works of Stobwasser in Brunswick.
Kassel (Hessen)
study trip
Amsterdam (stad)
study trip
Brugge
study trip
Neurenberg
Ansbach
Düsseldorf
Salzdahlum 1789 - 1803-06
In 1789 he became inspector of the Picture Gallery.

Teacher at academy/university: Kurfürstlich-Pfälzische Academie der Maler, Bildhauer- und Baukunst
full member in 1784
Preußische Akademie der Künste (Berlijn)
full member in 1795

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Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Weitsch, Friedrich Georg

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: animal painting (genre), landscape (genre)

Literature

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Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 35 (1942)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 314, 342
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 10, p. 682
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 325
Saur 1999-2000 , vol. 10, p. 468

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Creation date: 1992-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-05-17

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