Adolphe Maugendre

Valentin-Cocq colliery in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse , Adolphe Maugendre (1855)

François Adolphe Maugendre (born April 21, 1809 in Ingouville near Le Havre ; died January 21, 1895 in Paris ) was a French landscape painter , draftsman and lithographer .

Career

Maugendre had specialized in landscapes, vedute and architectural representations. He made numerous large-format lithographs. Among other things, he illustrated Normandy and Wallonia. He is known for his attention to detail. His industrial pictures are of particular importance , as they allow very precise information about the appearance and condition of the facilities he portrays, for example those that he created on behalf of the " Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderies de ." Founded in 1837 by the Belgian banker and industrialist François-Dominique Mosselman Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne ”in the 1850s.

Some of his works are in the Museum of Evreux and offer panoramic views of the city.

literature

Maugendre, Adolphe . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 274 .
Maugendre, Adolphe . In: Emmanuel Benezit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Volume VII, p. 273.

Web links

Commons : Adolphe Maugendre - collection of images, videos and audio files

Adolphe Maugendre , data sheet in the portal data.bnf.fr

Adolphe François Maugendre , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de

Individual evidence

↑ Adolphe Maugendre: Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderie de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne. Album de 30 Vues. 1850-1851 . Brussels 1853
↑ Adolphe Maugendre: Album des usines et établissement de la société anonyme des usines et fonderies de zinc de la vieille Montagne . Brussels 1855
↑ Adolphe Maugendre: Société Anonyme des Mines et de zinc fonderies de la Vieille Montagne. Album des usines et establishments de la société . Paris 1855
↑ Peter Friedemann: The beginnings of the Western European zinc industry using the example of the calamine mines "Vieille Montagne" (Altenberg): From the French mining law 1791/1810 to the Prussian mining law reform 1865 . In: Der Anschnitt , 69, 2017, issue 2, pp. 74–94 ( PDF )
^ Vue panoramique d'Evreux , 1858, accessed June 17, 2016

personal data
SURNAME	Maugendre, Adolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ingouville near Le Havre
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1895
Place of death	Paris

[1] Adolphe Maugendre: Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderie de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne. Album de 30 Vues. 1850-1851 . Brussels 1853

[2] Adolphe Maugendre: Album des usines et établissement de la société anonyme des usines et fonderies de zinc de la vieille Montagne . Brussels 1855

[3] Adolphe Maugendre: Société Anonyme des Mines et de zinc fonderies de la Vieille Montagne. Album des usines et establishments de la société . Paris 1855

[4] Peter Friedemann: The beginnings of the Western European zinc industry using the example of the calamine mines "Vieille Montagne" (Altenberg): From the French mining law 1791/1810 to the Prussian mining law reform 1865 . In: Der Anschnitt , 69, 2017, issue 2, pp. 74–94 ( PDF )

[5] Vue panoramique d'Evreux , 1858, accessed June 17, 2016