Johann Elias
Ridinger (1698-1767)
German
draughtsman,
engraver and
publisher in
Augsburg.
Ridinger
was a pupil
of Christoph
Rasch in Ulm
and of Johann
Falk in Augsburg.
From 1714 until
1718 he stayed
in Regensburg.
During that
time his interest
for hunting
grew up and
he started to
paint mainly
wild animals
and hunting
scenes.
Then he opened
a publishing
house in Augsburg
and from 1722
he created and
published numerous
series of copper
engravings with
wild animals,
hunting and
horse-riding
scenes. His
master drawings
for these series
are high-quality
documents for
the understanding
of the world
of hunting and
wildlife at
that time. 1759
Ridinger became
director of
the academy
of arts in Augsburg.
Literature:
Thienemann,
Georg A.W.:
"Leben
und Wirken des
unvergleichlichen
Thiermalers
und Kupferstechers
Johann Elias
Ridinger...",
Amsterdam 1962
(Leipzig 1856).
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