Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast (8 February 1813,
Koblenz - 19 March 1890,
Mainz
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) was a German church painter and one of the last representatives of the
Nazarene movement
The epithet Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th-century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive spirituality in art. The name Nazarene came from a term of derision used against them for their affectation of a biblical manner of c ...
.
Life
He received his first art instruction from 1829 to 1831 at the
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...
. However, he became dissatisfied with the quality of the teaching there and went to study with
Philipp Veit
Philipp Veit (13 February 179318 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter and one of the main exponents of the Nazarene movement. It is to Veit that the credit of having been the first to revive the nearly forgotten technique of fresco ...
, at the
Städel Art Institute in
Frankfurt
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, where he remained until 1838.
[*] During this time, he produced many altar and devotional paintings, including an altarpiece at the parish church in
Bad Camberg
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, done together with his friend, .
From 1838 to 1843 he made several study trips to Italy and lived in Rome. There he became a member of the "Komponiervereins", a Nazarene association.
After his return, he married Dorothea Veit (1822-1897, his teacher's daughter). They had nine children altogether. At first they lived in Frankfurt, until 1849, then moved to
Koblenz, then to
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
in 1860. He executed commissions for many churches, including the
Basilica of St. Castor in Koblenz and the
Mainz Cathedral
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Numerous images of saints were created for the "Verein zur Verbreitung religiöser Bilder" (Association for the Dissemination of Religious Images). He remained a lifelong admirer of the Nazarenes.
His last years were marred by a fall from a scaffold in Münster, which resulted in permanent injuries that restricted his ability to do large projects.
Completely oblivious to new trends in art, his work was increasingly ignored.
Gallery
File:JosefSettegastVittoriaCaldoni.jpg, Portrait of an Italian Woman ( Vittoria Caldoni)
File:Portrait of J. J. Von Görres.jpg, Portrait of the writer,
Joseph Görres
Johann Joseph Görres, since 1839 von Görres (25 January 1776 – 29 January 1848), was a German writer, philosopher, theologian, historian and journalist.
Early life
Görres was born in Koblenz. His father was moderately well off, and sent hi ...
File:Joseph Anton Settegast - Doppelbildnis zweier Mädchen - 1372 - Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.jpg, Double portrait of two children
File:Settegast Madonna vor Gebirgslandschaft 1839.jpg, Madonna with the Christ Child
References
Further reading
* Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast. In:
Thieme-Becker
Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists.
Thieme-Becker
The dictionary was begun under the editorship of Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922) (volumes one to fifteen) and Felix Becker (1864–1928) (volumes one to four). It was complet ...
, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Vol.XXX, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1936, pg.537.
*Clemens-Sels-Museum: ''Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast 1813–1890. Retrospektive zum 100. Todestag eines Spätnazareners''. Exhibition catalog,
Neuss
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, 1990
External links
*
Jutta Assel: Joseph Anton Settegast's Italian Journeys, with Excerpts from his Diaries and Letters@ Goethe Zeit
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1813 births
1890 deaths
German male painters
Nazarene movement
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists