Johann Friedrich Morgenstern

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| birth_date =8 October 1777

| death_date = {{death-date and age|21 January 1844|8 October 1777}}

| birth_place =Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire

| death_place = Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

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| nickname =J. F. Morgenstern

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| children = Karl Morgenstern

| father = Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

| mother = Anna Maria Alleinz

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Johann Friedrich Morgenstern (8 October 1777{{snd}}21 January 1844) was a German painter, etcher, and painting restorer.

Early life and education

Johann Friedrich Morgenstern was born on 8 October 1777 in Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Hesse, Germany).Holland, G., Brinkmann, B., Sander, J. (1999). German Painting Before 1800 at the Städel. Germany: Blick in die Welt.

The son of German painter and etcher Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern and Anna Maria Alleinz, Johann Friedrich pursued an artistic path.Lehmann, J. M. (1995). Raphael: The Holy Family with the Lamb of 1504: the Original and Its Variants. Germany: Arcos. His grandfather was Johann Christoph Morgenstern, an 18th-century German painter. Taught by his father in his early years, J.F. Morgenstern later went to Dresden to continue his studies.Bryan, M., Graves, R. E., Armstrong, W. (1889). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical. United Kingdom: G. Bell and sons.

Career

Johann Friedrich Morgenstern gained recognition as an artist in part due to his opportunity to copy works by Johann Heinrich Roos and others during his early career, particularly between 1797 and 1798. Morgenstern produced several etched sheets based on drawings by Roos. Additionally, he created etchings inspired by drawings of Pieter de Bloot, David Teniers the Younger, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, and his own studies. His etching repertoire includes landscapes with figures and animals, as well as studies of human figures, such as busts of elderly men and women, and depictions of individual animals.Die Monogrammisten und diejenigen bekannten und unbekannten Künstler aller Schulen. (1881). Germany: G. Hirth. The Städel Collection and the Frankfurt Historical Museum house his paintings and drawings of Old Frankfurt and its surroundings.Frankfurt and the Taunus: A Handbook for Travellers. (1951). Germany: K. Baedeker.

Alongside his landscape paintings and etched works, he was highly skilled at reviving partially destroyed paintings.

Johann Friedrich's son, Karl Morgenstern, was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1812 and later settled in Munich as a landscape painter.Morgenblatt für gebildete leser. (1844). Germany: J. G. Cotta'sche buchhandlung..

Johann Friedrich's father passed away in 1819 in Frankfurt am Main.Frankfurt and the Taunus: Handbook for Travellers. (1960). Germany: K. Baedeker.