Adolph Friedrich Kunike
Adolph Friedrich Kunike (born February 25, 1777 in Greifswald , † April 17, 1838 in Vienna ) was a German - Austrian lithographer , draftsman and publisher .
Life
His father was probably Adolf Eberhard Kunike, typist and mathematician at the Greifswald City School.
After studying philosophy and a doctorate , Adolf Kunike became a student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1804 . From 1808 to 1810 he studied history painting in Rome . In 1816 Kunike made contact with Alois Senefelder in Munich .
In 1817 he opened his own lithographic institute in Vienna. Initially active as an artist himself, Kunike later limited herself to lithographic reproduction and the management of her own company, which became the foster home of artist's lithography , especially portraits and landscapes. He published series works, the most important of which were the two hundred and sixty Danube views following the course of the Danube river from its origin to its outflow into the Black Sea ... , which Kunike published in three editions in 1820, 1824, 1826. The majority of the pictures appearing in this work are by Jakob Alt .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kunicke, Adolph Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 377 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wacha: Kunike Adolf Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 351.
- Nora Keil: Kuni (c) ke, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 297 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolph Friedrich Kunike in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Adolph Friedrich Kunike in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Adolph Friedrich Kunike in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunike, Adolph Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kunike, Adolf Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lithographer, draftsman and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1838 |
| Place of death | Vienna |