Adolf Hohneck

Adolf August Hohneck (born February 3, 1810 in Eibau , † February 2, 1879 in Oberlößnitz ) was a German landscape painter , lithographer and graphic artist .

The Lösnitz near Dresden , oil painting, Adolf Hohneck

life and work

Gentlemen's portrait , lithograph, by Adolf Hohneck, around 1850

Hohneck studied painting at the Dresden Art Academy as well as at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

Hohneck made a name for himself primarily as a landscape painter. He also worked as a portraitist ; in 1844 he created a masterful series of lithographs by the professors of the University of Bonn .

The Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister keep a whole series of lithographs and pictures by Hohneck.

Hohneck was born with Marie Julie Müller (1836–1904) married, they had a son and four daughters. The family lived in Radebeul at Meißner Straße 93. Hohneck died on February 2, 1879 in the Bilz sanatorium in neighboring Oberlößnitz . He was buried in the cemetery in Kaditz .

Hohneck's daughter Maria also became a graphic artist and illustrated numerous children's books before the First World War.

literature

Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
Hohneck, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 318-319 .

Web links

Commons : Adolf Hohneck - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Search for Adolf Hohneck in the German Digital Library
Search for Adolf Hohneck in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Individual evidence

↑ according to the civil status index of the Radebeul City Archives No. 565.
↑ Autographs at autographs.de (PDF; 310 kB)
↑ Hans Ries: Wilhelminische Zeit, illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in the German-speaking area 1871-1914. Osnabrück 1992.

personal data
SURNAME	Hohneck, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hohneck, Adolf August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape painter, lithographer and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 3, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eibau
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 1879
Place of death	Oberloessnitz

[1] rding to the civil status index of the Radebeul City Archives No. 565.

[2] Autographs at autographs.de (PDF; 310 kB)

[3] Hans Ries: Wilhelminische Zeit, illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in the German-speaking area 1871-1914. Osnabrück 1992.