Christian Leberecht Vogel


Christian Leberecht Vogel was a German painter, draughtsman and writer on art theory. His pupils included Louise Seidler, and he was the father of the court painter and art professor Carl Christian Vogel.

Life

This was taken from a family history by his grandson Victor Vogel. circa 1914. "Christian Leberecht Vogel born in 1750. He became a painter of some renown, was Professor at the Academy of fine Arts at Dresden Saxony Germany. Moved to Waldenfels, a few miles from Lichtenstein. His first great painting was the Alter Painting at the Church of Lichtenstein, "Suffer the little children to come to unto me and hinder them not for such is the kingdom of God."Which is still intact today. time of writing 1914. Thirty years later he repeated the same painting for the Duke of Schoenberg at his Castle in Wildenfels. He lived at Wildenfels from 1780 till 1804. He died in 1816 at the age of sixty six."

Work

"Amor and Psyche"
"Ganymed"
"Boy with Birdcage"
"Boy with Canary bird", which is at the Royal Picture Gallery at Dresden.
A painting of his 2 sons.
A group of Hessian soldiers in 1776 when he was 26, going to help the British fight the Americans. At the time this was a prize possession of the author Victor Vogel circa 1914.