Ernst Joachim Förster

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Ernst Förster
painted by Jean Paul

Ernst Joachim Förster (8 April 1800 – 29 April 1885) was a German painter and an art critic, author of a number of elaborate and important works bearing on the history of art in Germany and Italy.

Biography

He was born in Saaleplatte, and initially studied theology and philosophy, but soon devoted himself to art, entering the studio of Peter von Cornelius at Munich. He was employed in painting the frescoes in the Aula at the University of Bonn, and those of the Glyptothek and the arcades at Munich, but his reputation rests chiefly on his discovery of several ancient pictures, and on his works on the history of art. His greatest discovery was the frescoes of Jacopo d'Avanzi, which date as far back as 1376, in the Chapel of San Giorgio at Padua.

It is known that he lived at Löwen Straße 8 in Munich around 1850.^[1] His brother was Friedrich Christoph Förster. He was the son-in-law of Jean Paul, whose works he edited, and whose biography he wrote.

Art works

Among his paintings are “Hellas Liberated,” and portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Altenburg and children. Among his frescoes are scenes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poems, and scenes from Christoph Martin Wieland's Musarion and Die Grazien, in the Royal Palace at Munich.

Literary works

Die Wandgemälde der Sanct Georgenkapelle zu Padua (1859)
Vorschule der Kunstgeschichte (1862)
Denkmale deutscher Baukunst, Bildnerei und Malerei (1853-69)
Geschichte der deutschen Kunst (1851-60)
Geschichte der italienischen Kunst (1869-78)
Peter von Cornelius (1874)

Among his works are excellent guide books to Munich, Italy, and Germany.

Family

He was the younger brother of historian and poet Friedrich Christoph Förster.

References

↑ Paul Maucher: Alphabetic register of house owners 1849-1851, p. 15.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Förster, Ernst". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
"Förster, Ernst". New International Encyclopedia. 1906.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 49399287 LCCN: nr94029855 ISNI: 0000 0001 1061 6472 GND: 116642718 BNF: cb13622718h

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Name	Förster, Ernst Joachim
Alternative names
Short description	German painter and an art critic
Date of birth	8 April 1800
Place of birth	Münchengosserstädt an der Saale
Date of death	29 April 1885
Place of death	Munich

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