Johann Oswald Harms
# Johann Oswald Harms

Johann Oswald Harms (baptised 30 April 1643 in Hamburg – 1708 in Braunschweig) was a German Baroque painter, engraver, and the first notable stage set designer of the Baroque. He worked for the Opernhaus am Taschenberg in Dresden, painting the ceiling and designing stage sets.

## Selected works

* Collection of etchings of Roman ruins (Alcune invenzione di Rovine et Architetture disegnate e fatte con aqua forte da G.O.H), 1673
* Paintings in the Schlosskirche of Schloss Neu-Augustusburg [de] in Weißenfels, 1682 to 1686
* Ceiling frescoes in Schloss Brüggen
* Painting of the hall of the Hauptkirche St. Jacobi in Hamburg

The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig houses his legacy of etchings and stage set designs.

## Literature

* Norman-Mathias Pingel: Harms, Johann Oswald. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. ed. Luitgard Camerer, Manfred R. W. Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf. Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7, p. 61.
* Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hannover 1996, pp. 301–302.
* Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Gerhard Schildt (ed.): Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region. Braunschweig 2000, pp. 640–642.
* Ferdinand Spehr (1879), "Harms, Johann Oswald", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 10, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 611
* Johann Schlick (1966), "Harms, Johann Oswald", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 684–685; (full text online)
