Gustav Friedrich Hetsch
Gustav Friedrich von Hetsch ( born September 29, 1788 in Stuttgart, † September 7, 1864 in Copenhagen) was a Danish architect and painter of German origin.
Hetsch was the son of the painter Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch and his first wife Louise Friederike Wilhelmine Scholl. After leaving school in Stuttgart Hetsch began at the Eberhard -Karls- University of Tübingen to study mathematics. But already after two semesters he moved back to Stuttgart and began architecture at Gottlieb Christian Eberhard von Etzel study.
When his father Philipp Friedrich in 1808 went to Paris to Hetsch joined him. From 1809 Hetsch studied at the École des Beaux -Arts under Charles Percier and later his pupil Louis -Hippolyte Lebas. Supported by his teachers was Hetsch assistant to Jean Baptiste Rondelet. After some preliminary work Hetsch Rondelet was site manager at work on the Pantheon. Forced by the political situation returned Hetsch 1812 returned to Germany and settled in Stuttgart. There he was able to put in execution of his examination for master builder in the same year.
Since any profession was prevented by the war of liberation, Hetsch undertook a study trip to Rome. There he made the acquaintance of the Danish architect Peder Malling, which it, inter alia, introduced her to the landscape painter Johan Fredrik Eckerberg and the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. When, in October 1815 Malling went back to Copenhagen to Hetsch joined him.
1816 Hetsch got a job as a lecturer at the School of ornamentation in which he taught budding architects. This school was affiliated to the Academy of Fine Arts and supported by her. For his teaching Hetsch began to create a collection of drawings, which was intended as models for his students. This collection was purchased from him in 1818 by the Danish court and left for further use. Through his work as a lecturer Hetsch closed soon friends with the architect Christian Frederik Hansen.
1820, the Academy took Hetsch on as a member and in 1822 he was awarded the Danish citizenship. With 34 years he was called Hetsch in 1822 as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. There he was instrumental, involved in the designs and the construction of the new synagogue at some new buildings of the University of Copenhagen and the construction of the later Catholic Cathedral St. Ansgar.
On August 28, 1823 Hetsch married in Copenhagen Annette Hansen, a daughter of his friend Christian Frederik Hansen. When she died on 21 November 1827 Hetsch held a the obligatory year of mourning and married early 1829, the sister of his deceased wife, Carolina Amalie Augusta. With her he had a son, the future painter Christian Fredrik Hetsch.
Together with his father designed Hetsch the interiors of Christiansborg Palace again. The court was aware of him through this work and Hetsch was entrusted in 1828 with the leadership of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory. Between 1829 and 1830, traveled Hetsch Germany, France and Italy in their own words " ... trace the modern building". In 1851 he visited together with a government delegation to the World Exhibition in London and four years later in Paris.
At the age of almost 76 years died of Gustav Friedrich Hetsch on 7 September 1864 in Copenhagen. In his memory, created by the sculptor Edvard Harald Bentzen in Copenhagen in 1902 a monument.
Writings
- Instructions for the Study of Perspective and their application. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1894
- Fortenigner for Haandvaerkere ( Serving Sheets for artisans). Sansoni, Copenhagen 1839/42 (12 parts)
- Religion of the Carthaginians. With 4 engraved plates and an architectural statement. Training Bothe, Copenhagen 1824 (12 parts)