Georg Engelbach
Georg Ludwig Engelbach (born February 28, 1817 in Biedenkopf , Hesse, † December 4, 1894 in Berlin ) was a German lithographer , draftsman , copyist and portrait painter .
Life
Engelbach studied in Darmstadt from 1833 to 1837 and then in Munich. From 1846 he worked and lived in Berlin. He created portraits of members of the Prussian ruling house (including Kaiser Wilhelm I , Kaiser Wilhelm II , Empress Auguste Victoria ), of important contemporaries (such as the "gymnastics father" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , the pianist Anton Rubinstein , the violinist and composer Louis Spohr , the composer Richard Wagner ) as well as from people from his family and friends.
As an enthusiastic gymnast, he and two colleagues put together the “German Gymnastics Song Book” , supplemented by a “Patriotic Historian” (14th edition, Berlin 1913).
literature
- Georg Engelbach . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 532 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Johann Marker: Georg Engelbach (1817–1894), painter and gymnast; Contribution to the German Gymnastics Festival 1968 in Berlin. In: German gymnastics. Issue 6, Pohl, Celle 1968.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gallica: Dr. Ludwig Spohr / G. Engelbach 1840.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelbach, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelbach, Georg Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lithographer, draftsman, copyist and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biedenkopf , Hesse |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1894 |
| Place of death | Berlin |