Ignaz Sebastian Klauber (Russian: Игнац Себастьян Клаубер; 2 January 1753,

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— 25 May 1817,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a German

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, who spent an important part of his career in Russia.

Biography

He was the best-known member of the Klauber family of engravers; born to Johann Baptist Klauber (c. 1712-c. 1787), a court engraver in Augsburg. He received his initial training from his father, then spent many years in Rome. In 1781, he went to Paris, where he improved his skills studying with

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. Later, he was admitted to the

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, and was named a court engraver. The

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forced him to return to Augsburg in 1790. From there, he went to

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, where he worked for the art publishing house of . In 1795, he was appointed court engraver to the

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, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, and elected a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The following year, he went to Saint Petersburg, at the invitation of the President of the

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, Count Aleksei Musin-Pushkin, who wished to improve the teaching of engraving at the academy. Although Klauber's initial contract was for only three years, he would remain in Russia for the rest of his life. In 1797, he was given the official title of Advisor to the academy, and became a member in 1798. One of his major projects involved compiling a catalogue of the engravings transferred to the Imperial Academy from the Załuski Library in Warsaw. From 1805 until his death, he was the Curator for engravings at the Hermitage Museum. Among his last major works are illustrated atlases, depicting the voyages of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Gavril Sarychev, who explored the coast of Alaska. His many well-known students included Nikolai Utkin,

Andrei Ukhtomsky Andrei Grigorievich Ukhtomsky (Russian: Андрей Григорьевич Ухтомский; 17 October 1771, Yaroslavl – 16 February 1852, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Empire copper engraver. Biography His father was a priest. He atte ...

, ,

Stepan Galaktionov Stepan Filippovich Galaktionov (russian: Степан Филиппович Галактионов; 6 July 1779, Saint Petersburg4 December 1854, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian lithographer, graphic artist, and cityscape painter. Biography I ...

, and .

Sources

* Britta-R. Schwahn, "Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian", In: ''

Neue Deutsche Biographie ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cover ...

'', vol. 11, 1977, p. 172
Online
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Brief biography
@ RusArtNet

External links

Works by Klauber
@ the Harvard Art Museums
Works by Klauber
@ the British Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian 1753 births 1817 deaths Artists from the Holy Roman Empire Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire Immigrants to the Russian Empire Engravers from the Russian Empire Imperial Academy of Arts Artists from Augsburg