Albert Merzweiler
Ferdinand Albert Merzweiler (born March 12, 1844 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † May 12, 1906 ibid) was a German glass painter .
Albert Merzweiler was born as the son of the glazier Albert Matthias Merzweiler (1815–1874) and Isabella, b. Born, born. He learned the glazing trade from his father and then went to Munich and Vienna , where he worked as an art glazier and painter. In 1875 he became a partner in the glass workshop of Heinrich Helmle (1829-1909), which was continued under the name Helmle & Merzweiler , after a stroke by Heinrich Helmle in 1893, initially by Merzweiler alone, from 1900 with Karl Jennes (1852-1924) as artistic Ladder. His apartment and the workshop have been at Eschholzstraße 96 since 1877.
In 1878 he married Maria Bächtold from Schleitheim , who died in 1880, in 1883 he married Margaretha Bächtold, the sister of his first wife.
Albert Merzweiler was one of the founding members of the Breisgau-Verein Schauinsland in 1873 .
literature
- Daniel Parello: From Helmle to Geiges. A century of historicist glass painting in Freiburg . Stadtarchiv, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-00-006521-0 , pp. 56–63. 122-134.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merzweiler, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merzweiler, Ferdinand Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1906 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |