John Valentine Haidt Explained

John Valentine Haidt (an anglicanization of Johann Valentin Haidt) (1700 - 1780) was a German-born American painter and Moravian preacher in Pennsylvania.

Life

Haidt was born in Danzig, Prussia (modern day Gdańsk, Poland).[1] He was educated at Berlin, and studied painting at Venice, Rome, Paris, and London.[2]

When he was 45 or 46 years old, Haidt set out on an artistic career. He immigrated to British North America in 1754.[2] He was ordained a deacon of the Moravian Church, and evangelized.[3]

Haidt is known for his early dramatic paintings depicting Biblical ideas, and his later portraits of Moravian church members and early leaders of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[4] He died on 18 January 1780, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[2]

Paintings

Works preserved at the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (partial list):

References

  1. Web site: Johann Valentin Haidt - Dictionary of Art Historians. arthistorians.info.
  2. Haidt, John Valentine.
  3. Book: Pastan, Amy. Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1999. Watson-Guptill Publications. New York. 0-8230-0193-8. 58. 1. publ., 1. print.. registration.
  4. Morman. John F.. The Painting Preacher: John Valentine Haidt. Pennsylvania History. April 1953. 20. 2. 180 - 186. 27769412. Penn State University Press.
  5. Web site: Young Moravian Girl by John Valentine Haidt / American Art. si.edu.
  6. Web site: B.D.H.P. - Art. bdhp.moravian.edu. 7 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Edward VI Granting Permission to John a Lasco to Set Up a Congregation for European Protestants in London in 1550 Art UK . 2023-05-04 . artuk.org . en.

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