Английская Википедия:Ismael Mengs
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox artist Ismael Israel Mengs (1688–1764) was a Danish-born portrait and enamel painter of Jewish ancestry; active mainly at the court of Dresden.
Biography
His family was originally from Lusatia. He began by studying enamel painting with Benoît Le Coffre, a French artist who worked for the Danish court. In 1709, after further training in Hamburg and Schwerin, he studied oil painting with Paul Heinecken in Lübeck. Following travels in Germany, Austria and Italy, he settled in Dresden and worked as a miniaturist.[1]
Shortly after, he was baptized as a Lutheran.Шаблон:Citation needed In 1714, he became a Court Painter to Augustus II, the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.[2]
He made a study trip to Italy in 1718. There, he was impressed by the works of Raphael and Correggio. Later, when teaching his children, he employed the lessons he had learned from examining their works. His best-known offspring, Anton Rafael, was said to consider him a strict and often tyrannical teacher.Шаблон:Citation needed He also had two daughters who became miniaturists. On several occasions, their training included study trips to Italy.
In addition to painting, he used his knowledge of chemistry to develop colors for the Meissen Porcelain manufactory. For several years, he taught at the drawing school there. In 1764, not long before his death, he was named an honorary professor at the newly established Academy of Fine Arts.
Selected works
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Self-portrait in Polish Costume (1710s)
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A Woman and her Son in Polish Costume
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An Old Man's Head
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The Aussiger Madonna
References
Further reading
- Karl Heinrich von Heinecken: Nachrichten von Künstlern und Kunst-Sachen, Vol. 1. Krauß Verlag, Leipzig 1768
- Georg Kaspar Nagler: Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, Vol.9. Verlag Fleischmann, Munich 1836
- Philo-Lexikon. Handbuch des jüdischen Wissens. 3rd ed., Berlin 1936, pp.469–470
External links
- Biography of Mengs @ the Stadtwiki Dresden
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- 1690 births
- 1765 deaths
- 18th-century Danish painters
- 18th-century male artists
- 18th-century Danish Jews
- Danish male painters
- Danish portrait painters
- Jewish Danish artists
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