Johan Bernhardt Schottmann
{{Short description|German-Danish master builder who worked in Copenhagen}}
Johan Bernhardt Schottmann (2 November 1734 – 1786) was a German-Danish master builder who worked in Copenhagen, where he was an early proponent of the Neoclassical style. The Schottmann House at Strandgade 10 in Christianshavn is named after him.
Biography
File:Strandgade 10.jpg at Strandgade 10 in Christianshavn, Copenhagen ]]
Schottmann was born at Gotha in Saxony in 1734.{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=10417|title=Kunstner: Johan Bernhardt Schottmann|language=Danish|website=Kunstindeks Danmark|accessdate=28 November 2016}} He moved to Copenhagen where he was licensed as a mason on 11 May 1763 and served as alderman of the Masons' Guild from 1778 to 1785{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=10417&wsektion=stillinger|title=Johan Bernhardt Schottmann: Stillinger og hverv|language=Danish|website=Kunstindeks Danmark|accessdate=28 November 2016}}
As a master builder, Schottmann was an early proponent of the Neoclassical style in Copenhagen. His own house at Strandgade 10 in Christianshavn, now known as the Schottmann House after him, shows influence from Nicolas-Henri Jardins simple facade designs. With projects such as Søkvæsthuset's Bådmandsstræde Wing and Danish Asiatic Company's warehouse at Strandgade 25, Schottmann adapted new buildings to the style of older architecture.{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=10417&wsektion=biografi|title=Johan Bernhardt Schottmann: Biogradi|language=Danish|website=Kunstindeks Danmark|accessdate=28 November 2016}}
He married Anna Cathrine Biergaard (c. 1744 – 1815) in Copenhagen. He died in 1786 and was interred at St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen.
List of works
Schottmann's works include:{{cite web|url=http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/j-b-schottmann-1734-1786|title=J. B. Schottmann (1734-1786)|language=Danish|website=indenforvoldene.dk|accessdate=28 November 2016}}
- Badstuestræde 15, Copenhagen (1798-1802m with Hans Weile)
- Bådsmandsstræde 19, Copenhagen (1780-1781)
- Overgaden Oven Vandet 60b-c, Copenhagen (1780-1781)
- Pilestræde 46, Copenhagen (1767-1768m expansion and adaption)
- Schottmann House, Strandgade 10-10a-e, Copenhagen (1775, adaption)
- Warehouse for Danish Asiatic Company, Strandgade 25, Copenhagen (1781)
References
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External links
- [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=10417 Johan Bernhardt Schottmann] at Kunstindeks Danmark
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Category:Danish neoclassical architects
Category:Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire to Denmark–Norway