Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch (August 17, 1757 - August 21, 1821) was an Austrian scholar and artist. His catalog of Old master prints is the basis of Art History of graphic art, and he himself is a graphic maker in the field of engraving and etching.
Bartsch was born and died in Vienna. He joined the staff of the Royal Court Library in Vienna in 1777, after studying Viennese carvings Kupferstecheracademie, and curator of the head of the print collection in 1791. He is also advisor to Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, who founded the collection of Albertina, Vienna, the best collection of old master prints in the world. In the twenty-second century the collection was merged at Albertina.
"The burner Painter"
Between 1803 and his death in 1821 Bartsch was published in French in 21 volumes of Le Peintre Graveur, a pioneering catalog of old master prints by the Dutch, Flemish, German, and Italian painters from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. The reference to "Bartsch" usually means this job. It has been reprinted five times, most recently in 1982. In 1821 he also published Kupferstichkunde (Art of Engraving) in German.
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"The Illustrated Bartsch"
"The Illustrated Bartsch" (Abaris Books, New York) is an English pictorial version of "Le Peintre Graveur." (The original "Le Peintre Graveur" is not supported by technological needs.) The General Editor of "Illustrated Bartsch" is Walter L. Strauss. This project has been in progress since 1978, and is projected to include at least 164 volumes. Most of the volume of pictures is published; the volume of the accompanying text, apply complete new catalog raisonnà ©, take longer. In fact only Bartsch's numbering is fully retained, although the original is often quoted. All the prints known to Bartsch are illustrated in the first 50 volumes. Prints unknown to Bartsch, not listed by him or new attribution included in the companion volume and then. Often abbreviated to "TIB" in reference. This (currently only images) is available online for colleges and other institutions that subscribe to ARTstor- basically in the US & amp; Only Canada.
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Legacy
Bartsch establishes what has become the definitive numbering system, by naming it (eg "Bartsch 17" or "B17"), for Rembrandt paintings and prints from many other artists, still used or at least referring to the most common and standard works in this field. The numbers include works by category, roughly following the hierarchy of contemporary genres, except that self-portraits come first, followed by biblical subjects, then subjects of saints, allegories, and so on. In his lifetime, Bartsch executes more than 500 plates of his own design and from the work of other masters. Many are interesting but he is not the main artist.
The term peintre-graveur or its artisans is still used to distinguish the original from the reproduction-making maker, especially in the old master's printing period (circa 1830).
References
- Dossi, Barbara; Albertina, History of Collection and Mahakahanya , Prestel, 1999, ISBN 3-7913-2340-7
External links
- Stanstor Illustrated Bartsch's Page
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