Johann Georg Trautmann
Master of fire-lit night scenes
Johann Georg Trautmann was a German painter and etcher. He was born in Zweibrücken in 1713, and he died at Frankfurt-sur-Main in 1769. He was a student of Ferdinand Bellon in Zweibrücken and, in Frankfurt, he studied with Hugo Schlegel (1679-1737) and Gabriel Kiesewetter (1711-1753). In 1761, he was named painter to the court of the Elector Palatine. According to Bénézit, Trautmann was known especially for his paintings of night scenes lit by fires. Among his works listed in Bénézit are images of musicians -- a bagpiper, a lutenist, a family of singers, and a family of musicians. There are also genre scenes of an inn, soldiers playing cards, or a peasant family at table. Trautmann also painted portraits. Though he is said to have been an etcher, only six etchings by Trautmann are mentioned.
Artworks by this artist (26 total)
- Bärtiger Mann mit einem Turban
- The Transfiguration ca. 1750 [-] 1765
- Isaac blessing Jacob
- Study Head (Oriental Man); Half Profile Turned to the Right@Figurative
- Bauernunterhaltung in einer Schenke mit einem Savoyardenknaben
- Ein Maler in seinem Atelier
- Abendliche Szene mit Bauchladenhändler
- Conflagration at Night 1762-1769
- Kopf eines Orientalen nach rechts
- Paul the Apostle
- Conflagration at Night 1762-1769
- The Liberation of St Peter ca 1750-1769
- Bauer und Bäuerin mit einem Weinkrug
- The Decapitation of St John the Baptist ca 1750-1769
- Gewandfigur mit einem Turban
- Wirtshausszene mit betrunkenem Mann
- The Raising of Lazarus ca. 1750 [-] 1765
- Peter the Apostle
- The Raising of Lazarus ca. 1750 [-] 1765
- Gewandfigur mit einem Lorbeerkranz