FERNOW, KARL LUDWIG (1763-1808)

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FERNOW, KARL LUDWIG (1763-1808) , German art-critic and archaeologist, was born in Pomerania on the 19th of November 1763. His father was a servant in the household of the lord of Blumenhagen. At the age of twelve he became clerk to a notary, and was afterwards apprenticed to a druggist. While serving his time he had the misfortune accidentally toshoot a

young

man who came to visit him; and although through the intercession of his master he escaped prosecution, the untoward event weighed heavily on his mind, and led him at the close of his

apprenticeship

APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

to quit his native place. He obtained a situation at Lubeck, where he had leisure to cultivate his natural

taste

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

for drawing and poetry. Having formed an acquaintance with the painter Carstens, whose influence was an important stimulus and help to him, he renounced his trade of druggist, and set up as a portrait-painter and drawing-master. At Ludwigslust he fell in love with a

young

girl, and followed her to

Weimar

WEIMAR

; but failing in his suit, he went next to Jena. There he was introduced to Professor

Reinhold

REINHOLD, KARL LEONHARD (1758-1823)

, and in his

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

met the Danish poet

Baggesen

BAGGESEN, JENS IMMANUEL (1764-1826)

. The latter invited him to accom pany him to Switzerland and Italy, a proposal which he eagerly accepted (1794) for the sake of the opportunity of furthering his studies in the fine arts. On

Baggesen

BAGGESEN, JENS IMMANUEL (1764-1826)

's return to Denmark, Fernow, assisted by some of his friends, visited Rome and made some stay there. He now renewed his intercourse with Carstens, who had settled at Rome, and applied himself to the study of the history and theory of the fine arts and of the Italian language and literature. Making rapid progress, he was soon qualified to give a course of lectures on archaeology, which was attended by the principal artists then at Rome. Having married a Roman lady, he returned in 1802 to Germany, and was appointed in the following year professor extraordinary of Italian literature at Jena. In 1804 he accepted the post of librarian to Amelia, duchess-dowager of

Weimar

WEIMAR

, which gave him the leisure he desired for the purpose of turning to account the literary and archaeological researches in which he had engaged at Rome. His most valuable

work

WORK

, the Romische Studien, appeared in 3 vols. (18o6-18o8). Among his other works areDos Leben des Kiinstlers Carstens (18o6), Ariosto's Lebenslauf (1809), and Francesco Petrarca (1818). Fernow died at Weimar, December 4, 18o8.
A memoir of his life by Johanna Schopenhauer, mother of the philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, appeared in 181o, and a complete edition of his works in 1829.

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