Laurenz Herr (1787 – after 1850), alternatively spelled Lorenz Herr or Laurenz Heer, was an Austrian enamel painter. He was an artist of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory.
Biography
Laurenz, following in the footsteps of his brother Claudius, attended the Academy of Vienna at the age of twelve. Throughout his education, he was awarded three Gundel-Prizes. Herr was hired at the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory in 1804. Herr's specialty was painting onyx cameos, but he also produced portraits. He was most active in the factory from 1806 through 1831, and again briefly in 1833. His works fetched some of the highest prices compared to other factory artists, but never surpassed those of his brother.
Faustin Herr studied under Laurenz in Vienna, and went on to became a lithographer.
References
- Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute, ed. (2014). Checklist of Painters from 1200-1994 (2 ed.). Routledge. p. 225. ISBN 9781134264063.
- Wurzbach, Constantin von (1862). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vol. 8. p. 196. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Josef Folnesics, Edmund Wilhelm Braun, Kaiserlich-Königliches Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (Wien) (1907). Geschichte der K. K. Wiener Porzellan-Manufaktur. Druck und Verlag der K. K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. ISBN 9783894330033.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Fuchs, Heinrich (1973). Die österreichischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts (in German). Selbstverl. p. 57. Retrieved 23 November 2021.