Johann Oswald Harms
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Johann Oswald Harms (baptised 30 April 1643 in Hamburg – 1708 in Braunschweig) was a German Baroque painter, engraver, and the first notable stage set designer of the Baroque. He worked for the Opernhaus am Taschenberg in Dresden, painting the ceiling and designing stage sets.
Selected works
- Collection of etchings of Roman ruins (Alcune invenzione di Rovine et Architetture disegnate e fatte con aqua forte da G.O.H), 1673
- Paintings in the Schlosskirche of Schloss Neu-Augustusburg in Weißenfels, 1682 to 1686
- Ceiling frescoes in Schloss Brüggen
- Painting of the hall of the Hauptkirche St. Jacobi in Hamburg
The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig houses his legacy of etchings and stage set designs.
Literature
- Norman-Mathias Pingel: Harms, Johann Oswald. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. ed. Luitgard Camerer, Manfred R. W. Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf. Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7, p. 61.
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hannover 1996, pp. 301–302.
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Gerhard Schildt (ed.): Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region. Braunschweig 2000, pp. 640–642.
- Ferdinand Spehr (1879), "Harms, Johann Oswald", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 10, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 611
- Johann Schlick (1966), "Harms, Johann Oswald", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 684–685; (full text online)
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- Literature by and about Johann Oswald Harms in the German National Library catalogue
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- German Baroque painters
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- 1643 births
- 1708 deaths