Who is Johann Elias Ridinger?

Johann Elias Ridinger (16 February 1698, Ulm – 10 April 1767, Augsburg) was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes.

He began his training in Ulm once the painter Christoph Resch (1701–16), and forward-thinking studied below Johann Falch (1687–1727) in Augsburg. He university the art of engraving from Georg Philipp Rugendas. On the invitation of Wolf, Freiherr von Metternich (1706–31), he spent three years in Regensburg: his coursing and visits to the riding educational there proved decisive for his development. His engraved, etched and scratched sheets accomplishment the animals in characteristic movements and positions in a landscape environment. The ornamental movements in his works be active visibly Rococo stylistic tendencies. He later founded his own art publishing home in Augsburg, where most of his works appeared. In 1759 he became the director of the Augsburg Stadtakademie. His drawings were often executed with precision and taste and correspondingly his affect was held in high esteem and was furthermore transferred to decoration, porcelain and ceramics.