Jean-Gaspard Heilmann
Autoportrait en costume d'apparat
Born
Jean-Gaspard Heilmann

1718
Mulhouse, France
Died27 September 1760(1760-09-27) (aged 41–42)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPainter
Known forFirst painter of king Louis XV

Jean-Gaspard Heilmann (c. 1718 – 27 September 1760) was an 18th-century French painter, author of popular landscapes, historical scenes and fine portraits.[1] He was the first Mulhouse painter who enjoyed a certain notoriety in Paris.[2]

Biography

Born in Mulhouse, from a Mulhouse family documented since the 16th century,[3] an orphan at a very young age, he was formed in Schaffhausen by the painter Hans Deggeller, then at Basel (Switzerland).

Noticed by the cardinal of Tencin,[4] he followed him to Rome and executed many commissions for him. The French Ambassador to Rome took him to Paris in 1742.[5] Heilmann lived there until his death and connected with the engraver Jean-Georges Wille and François Boucher, first painter of king Louis XV.

He died in Paris in 1760 at the age of 42.

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse : Collections alsaciennes, p. 3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. ↑ Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse, plaquette, Musées Mulhouse Sud Alsace, p. 10
  3. ↑ Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, article by Raymond Oberlé, issue No 16, p. 1480
  4. ↑ La Bourgeoisie alsacienne : études d'histoire sociale (preface by Jean Schlumberger, illustrations by Paul Spindler, Istra, Strasbourg, 1967, p. 256
  5. ↑ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Bibliography

  • Johann Kaspar Füssli, Histoire des meilleurs peintres de la Suisse, Zurich, 1755–1756, vol. 3, p. 196
  • Ernest Meininger, Les anciens artistes-peintres et décorateurs mulhousiens jusqu'au XIXe siècle. Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de l'art à Mulhouse, 1908, reissued at Nabu Press in 2010 ISBN 978-1143477645; full original text online , numerous biographical references
  • Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, article by Raymond Oberlé, issue No 16, p. 1480
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