Albrecht Fürchtegott Schultheiss
Albrecht Fürchtegott Schultheiss (born March 7, 1823 in Nuremberg , † September 14, 1909 in Munich ) was a German etcher and author , copper and steel engraver and draftsman .
Life
Schultheiss attended the trade school in Nuremberg and studied there with Peter Carl Geissler , later in Leipzig with LG Sichling and in Berlin . In 1850 Schultheiss settled in Munich and created a large part of his work here.
Works (incomplete)
“Schultheiss was a copper engraver and eraser valued in wide circles, a master of technically and artistically perfect engravings and etchings. His portraits of Schiller, Uhland and Brockhaus are considered to be the highlight of his work. "
- The Munich City Library holds two cassettes with eleven manuscripts (including autobiographical material , writings on contemporary history of Munich ), biographical documents (including a catalog raisonné ), three sketchbooks and an etching from 1854.
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Steel engravings are known from models by Friedrich Pecht and Arthur von Ramberg
- in the Schiller Gallery published in 1859
- in the Goethe Gallery published in 1864
Awards
Without further details, the Munich City Library states on its website about Albrecht Fürchtegott Schultheiss: "He received many honors for his work."
literature
- Jutta Assel, Georg Jäger : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Egmont. A tragedy / text and picture documents
- Werner Schneider: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Schultheiss, Albrecht on the pages of the Munich City Library )
- 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 , Leipzig: FA Brockhaus, 1864; online through google books
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Werner Schneider: Schultheiss, Albrecht
- ↑ a b Friedrich Pecht: List of Figures , 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; online via google books , pages (without number) right after the foreword
- ↑ a b Jutta Assel, Georg Jäger ; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Egmont . A tragedy / text and picture documents
- ^ List of illustrations , in: Friedrich Pecht: Goethe-Galerie
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schultheiss, Albrecht Fürchtegott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayor, Albrecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German copper and steel engraver, eraser, draftsman and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1909 |
| Place of death | Munich |