Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Veit Hanns Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld (11 May 1764–30 April 1841) was a German portraitist.

Portrait of the artist's daughter, Juliane Ottilie, c1808
Portrait of the poet Seume
Not to be confused with Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld, mining magnate

Life

Schnorr was born in Schneeberg. He was a friend of the poet Johann Gottfried Seume, whom he set out to accompany in 1801 on a journey to Syracuse, Sicily, but separated from him after travelling no further than Vienna.

In 1803 he returned to Leipzig and became an assistant teacher at the Leipzig Academy of Art. In 1814, after the death of Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, he became director, which he remained until 1841.

Schnorr was a significant portraitist. His works include, among many others, portraits of Seume and Friedrich Rochlitz.

Family

Two of his sons also became prominent painters:

Works
  • Briefe über Zeichenkunst und Malerei, in: Zweites Toilettengeschenk für Damen, Leipzig 1806
  • Unterricht in der Zeichenkunst als ein Gegenstand der seineren Erziehung zur Bildung des Geschmacks für die höheren Stände, Leipzig 1810
  • Anmerkungen und Zusätze zur 3. Auflage des Spazierganges nach Syrakus (in the third part of Seume's book, published in 1811)
  • Meine Lebensgeschichte, zugleich als ein Sonst und Jetzt in einem Zeitraum von 55 Jahren, ed. Otto Werner Förster, Leipzig: Taurus Verlag, 2000

Literature
  • Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1891), "Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Veit Hans Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 32, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 191–193
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