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CARL HARNISCH
(1800 Altenburg - 1883 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Ornamental Panel (Arabesque)
Black chalk, hightening in white chalk, 251 x 79 mm, signed at the
bottom right: »CHarnisch«.
This ornament in the style of Italian Renaissance might have been
intended as a first draft of a walldecoration.
The head of Janus at the bottom, which symbolizes tragedy and comedy
and other motives seem to belong to the world of theater.
Beyond that, a certain closeness to Friedrich Schinkel's (1781 –
1841) decorative style and Harnisch's relations to the Prussian
Court, could be a hint to Schinkel's design for interiors, as the
Theater at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin or the Kursaal at Bad
Lauchstädt.
In 1820, 1824, 1828 and 1832 Harnisch exhibited at the Academy of
Art Exhibitions. His drawings were appreciated by the famous
collector C.F. von Ruhmohr (1785 Dresden 1843). He received
commisions by Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (IV) and Count A. Raczynski. |
