The following biography was found in a book entitled:
Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 – A Biographical Dictionary – by Jeffrey Weidman
Eckstein, Frederick, Sculptor, painter, and art teacher, born in Germany about 1774, a son of Johannes Eckstein, court painter and sculptor to Frederick the great of Prussia. He studied at the Academy of Berlin with Johannes Gottfried Schadow, then accompanied his father and sisters to America in 1794. Eckstein and his father helped to found the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and he stayed in Philadelphia until 1817, the year his father died. Over the next six years he taught school in New Harmony, Pennsylvania (1817): in Wheeling (1820); and in Charleston, (West Virginia 1822). On Dec. 17, 1823 Eckstein and his family arrived in Cincinnati (Hamilton), where they stayed with his wife's family, the Baileys. While teaching art at the Misses Bailey's School for Young Ladies, in 1825, he sculpted busts of both Andrew Jackson and the Marquis de Lafayette. The first of these was most likely a life-mask, but the second was probably based on observations of Lafayette during his visit to Cincinnati. The following year Eckstein began planning an Academy of Fine Arts, which was eventually incorporated, March 24, 1828. While certainly not lacking promising students (Hiram Powers was one of them), the Academy did not prosper. Shortly after it opened, AUGUSTE HERVIEU, one of the instructors, resigned over a dispute concerning discipline, and more important, the financial status of the institution went from shaky to untenable. To raise revenue for his school, Eckstein opened an exhibition of over a hundred paintings on October 6, 1828, but few people attended, and the Academy was closed by late November. From 1830 until the late 1840's, Eckstein lived and worked in Kentucky, except for a period spent in Cincinnati from 1838 to 1840. Retired, he returned to Cincinnati in the late 1840's and died there, Feb. 10, 1852. His miniatures of Jane Eckstein and Socrates, After Lavater were exhibited in Cincinnati in 1896 by Mrs. Mary Eckstein Kinmont.
(From Arthur Humphrey)
GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA: A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill [1997]
Sculptor and teacher in Cincinnati. He was the son of the painter Johann Eckstein (1735-1817) whom he accompanied to the US and was the brother of the artist Louisa Eckstein Addelsterren. He was trained at the Berlin Academy. After coming to the US he lived first in Philadelphia, where he helped found the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After 1817 he lived at Harmony, Pennsylvania, and at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He came to Cincinnati in 1823 and was an early teacher of the sculptor Hiram Powers. During the 1830s he was in Louisville and other towns in Kentucky, but died of cholera in Cincinnati.
Contributor: Gene Meier (47594573)
Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 – A Biographical Dictionary – by Jeffrey Weidman
Eckstein, Frederick, Sculptor, painter, and art teacher, born in Germany about 1774, a son of Johannes Eckstein, court painter and sculptor to Frederick the great of Prussia. He studied at the Academy of Berlin with Johannes Gottfried Schadow, then accompanied his father and sisters to America in 1794. Eckstein and his father helped to found the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and he stayed in Philadelphia until 1817, the year his father died. Over the next six years he taught school in New Harmony, Pennsylvania (1817): in Wheeling (1820); and in Charleston, (West Virginia 1822). On Dec. 17, 1823 Eckstein and his family arrived in Cincinnati (Hamilton), where they stayed with his wife's family, the Baileys. While teaching art at the Misses Bailey's School for Young Ladies, in 1825, he sculpted busts of both Andrew Jackson and the Marquis de Lafayette. The first of these was most likely a life-mask, but the second was probably based on observations of Lafayette during his visit to Cincinnati. The following year Eckstein began planning an Academy of Fine Arts, which was eventually incorporated, March 24, 1828. While certainly not lacking promising students (Hiram Powers was one of them), the Academy did not prosper. Shortly after it opened, AUGUSTE HERVIEU, one of the instructors, resigned over a dispute concerning discipline, and more important, the financial status of the institution went from shaky to untenable. To raise revenue for his school, Eckstein opened an exhibition of over a hundred paintings on October 6, 1828, but few people attended, and the Academy was closed by late November. From 1830 until the late 1840's, Eckstein lived and worked in Kentucky, except for a period spent in Cincinnati from 1838 to 1840. Retired, he returned to Cincinnati in the late 1840's and died there, Feb. 10, 1852. His miniatures of Jane Eckstein and Socrates, After Lavater were exhibited in Cincinnati in 1896 by Mrs. Mary Eckstein Kinmont.
(From Arthur Humphrey)
GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA: A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill [1997]
Sculptor and teacher in Cincinnati. He was the son of the painter Johann Eckstein (1735-1817) whom he accompanied to the US and was the brother of the artist Louisa Eckstein Addelsterren. He was trained at the Berlin Academy. After coming to the US he lived first in Philadelphia, where he helped found the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After 1817 he lived at Harmony, Pennsylvania, and at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He came to Cincinnati in 1823 and was an early teacher of the sculptor Hiram Powers. During the 1830s he was in Louisville and other towns in Kentucky, but died of cholera in Cincinnati.
Contributor: Gene Meier (47594573)
The following biography was found in a book entitled:
Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 – A Biographical Dictionary – by Jeffrey Weidman
Eckstein, Frederick, Sculptor, painter, and art teacher, born in Germany about 1774, a son of Johannes Eckstein, court painter and sculptor to Frederick the great of Prussia. He studied at the Academy of Berlin with Johannes Gottfried Schadow, then accompanied his father and sisters to America in 1794. Eckstein and his father helped to found the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and he stayed in Philadelphia until 1817, the year his father died. Over the next six years he taught school in New Harmony, Pennsylvania (1817): in Wheeling (1820); and in Charleston, (West Virginia 1822). On Dec. 17, 1823 Eckstein and his family arrived in Cincinnati (Hamilton), where they stayed with his wife's family, the Baileys. While teaching art at the Misses Bailey's School for Young Ladies, in 1825, he sculpted busts of both Andrew Jackson and the Marquis de Lafayette. The first of these was most likely a life-mask, but the second was probably based on observations of Lafayette during his visit to Cincinnati. The following year Eckstein began planning an Academy of Fine Arts, which was eventually incorporated, March 24, 1828. While certainly not lacking promising students (Hiram Powers was one of them), the Academy did not prosper. Shortly after it opened, AUGUSTE HERVIEU, one of the instructors, resigned over a dispute concerning discipline, and more important, the financial status of the institution went from shaky to untenable. To raise revenue for his school, Eckstein opened an exhibition of over a hundred paintings on October 6, 1828, but few people attended, and the Academy was closed by late November. From 1830 until the late 1840's, Eckstein lived and worked in Kentucky, except for a period spent in Cincinnati from 1838 to 1840. Retired, he returned to Cincinnati in the late 1840's and died there, Feb. 10, 1852. His miniatures of Jane Eckstein and Socrates, After Lavater were exhibited in Cincinnati in 1896 by Mrs. Mary Eckstein Kinmont.
(From Arthur Humphrey)
GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA: A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill [1997]
Sculptor and teacher in Cincinnati. He was the son of the painter Johann Eckstein (1735-1817) whom he accompanied to the US and was the brother of the artist Louisa Eckstein Addelsterren. He was trained at the Berlin Academy. After coming to the US he lived first in Philadelphia, where he helped found the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After 1817 he lived at Harmony, Pennsylvania, and at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He came to Cincinnati in 1823 and was an early teacher of the sculptor Hiram Powers. During the 1830s he was in Louisville and other towns in Kentucky, but died of cholera in Cincinnati.
Contributor: Gene Meier (47594573)
Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 – A Biographical Dictionary – by Jeffrey Weidman
Eckstein, Frederick, Sculptor, painter, and art teacher, born in Germany about 1774, a son of Johannes Eckstein, court painter and sculptor to Frederick the great of Prussia. He studied at the Academy of Berlin with Johannes Gottfried Schadow, then accompanied his father and sisters to America in 1794. Eckstein and his father helped to found the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and he stayed in Philadelphia until 1817, the year his father died. Over the next six years he taught school in New Harmony, Pennsylvania (1817): in Wheeling (1820); and in Charleston, (West Virginia 1822). On Dec. 17, 1823 Eckstein and his family arrived in Cincinnati (Hamilton), where they stayed with his wife's family, the Baileys. While teaching art at the Misses Bailey's School for Young Ladies, in 1825, he sculpted busts of both Andrew Jackson and the Marquis de Lafayette. The first of these was most likely a life-mask, but the second was probably based on observations of Lafayette during his visit to Cincinnati. The following year Eckstein began planning an Academy of Fine Arts, which was eventually incorporated, March 24, 1828. While certainly not lacking promising students (Hiram Powers was one of them), the Academy did not prosper. Shortly after it opened, AUGUSTE HERVIEU, one of the instructors, resigned over a dispute concerning discipline, and more important, the financial status of the institution went from shaky to untenable. To raise revenue for his school, Eckstein opened an exhibition of over a hundred paintings on October 6, 1828, but few people attended, and the Academy was closed by late November. From 1830 until the late 1840's, Eckstein lived and worked in Kentucky, except for a period spent in Cincinnati from 1838 to 1840. Retired, he returned to Cincinnati in the late 1840's and died there, Feb. 10, 1852. His miniatures of Jane Eckstein and Socrates, After Lavater were exhibited in Cincinnati in 1896 by Mrs. Mary Eckstein Kinmont.
(From Arthur Humphrey)
GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA: A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill [1997]
Sculptor and teacher in Cincinnati. He was the son of the painter Johann Eckstein (1735-1817) whom he accompanied to the US and was the brother of the artist Louisa Eckstein Addelsterren. He was trained at the Berlin Academy. After coming to the US he lived first in Philadelphia, where he helped found the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After 1817 he lived at Harmony, Pennsylvania, and at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He came to Cincinnati in 1823 and was an early teacher of the sculptor Hiram Powers. During the 1830s he was in Louisville and other towns in Kentucky, but died of cholera in Cincinnati.
Contributor: Gene Meier (47594573)
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