Adolf Neumann (copper engraver)

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Self-portrait
from the gazebo from 1876

Friedrich Gustav Adolf Neumann (born June 5, 1825 in Leipzig ; † November 20, 1884 ibid) was a German painter , draftsman and copyist , graphic artist and marine painter , as well as copper and steel engraver .

Life

Adolf Neumann was the brother of the wood engraver August Neumann , who ran a xylographic studio in Leipzig. He studied under Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld at the Leipzig Art Academy and in the Leipzig studio of the copper engraver Henry Winkles , and later with Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling and Carl Werner .

Works

Signature of Adolf Neumann.
Don Manuel from The Bride of Messina ;
Engraving by Neumann after Ramberg , Schiller Gallery

Adolf Neumann often signed with the letters “AN”. Since the 1850s, many of his drawings, especially portraits of people, have appeared in the Illustrirten Zeitung and the family paper Die Gartenlaube .

literature

  • Older literature:
    • A. Appel: Handbook for engravers , 1880
    • F. von Bötticher: Painters' Works of the 19th Century , II / 1 (1898)
    • Singer: Artist Lexicon , III
    • JF Hoff, AL Richter, 1922
    • F. Schulze: The City History Museum (Leipzig Museum Guide), 1922
    • Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst , 9 (1874), plate after p. 32
    • Zeitschrift für bildenden Kunst , 10 (1875), plate in front of p. 31
    • Art Chronicle , 20 (1885), 189
    • Univ. Cat. of Books on Art , South Kensington Museum , London 1870, II
    • Catalog exhibition of German art of the 19th century , Leipzig, November / December 1915, p. 53
  • Neumann, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 410 .
  • Neumann, Friedrich Gustav Adolph . In: Singer: General Artist Lexicon . Volume 3 (1898), page 299 ( full text in Google Book Search - USA )
  • Friedrich Pecht: List of illustrations . In: Schiller Gallery. Characters from Schiller's works. Drawn by Friedrich Pecht and Arthur von Ramberg, fifty sheets in steel engraving with explanatory texts by Friedrich Pecht . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1859; Pages (without number) directly after the foreword, Text Archive - Internet Archive
  • Friedrich Pecht: Goethe Gallery. Characters from Goethe's works. Drawn by Friedrich Pecht and Arthur von Ramberg . Fifty sheets in steel engraving with explanatory texts by Friedrich Pecht . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1864.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ad: Adolf Neumann . Photo archive Marburg , edit. v. German Historical Museum Berlin
  2. ^ Friedrich Pecht: List of Figures . In: Schiller Gallery… , as well as in: Goethe Gallery
  3. ↑ Compare the information DNB 135558247 of the German National Library
  4. ^ Adolf Neumann . In: The Gazebo . Issue 20, 1876, pp. 331, 342 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  5. ↑ a b Neumann, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 410 .
  6. ↑ German poets . In: The Gazebo . 1859, p. 269 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  7. ↑ August Wilhelm Ambros, half-length portrait
  8. ↑ Robert Franz, half-length portrait
  9. ^ Adolfine Neumann, half-length portrait
  10. ↑ Franz Schubert, half-length portrait
  11. ↑ Half-length portrait, group portrait
  12. ^ Friedrich Pecht: Directory of the illustrations , in: Schiller-Galerie
  13. ^ Friedrich Pecht: Directory of the illustrations , in: Goethe Gallery
personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neumann, Friedrich Gustav Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1884
Place of death Leipzig