Alexander Baumann (artist)
Alexander Baumann (born April 12, 1850 in Reval , Estonia Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 1915 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire) was a German-Baltic sculptor , painter and art teacher .
Life
Baumann attended the Dresden Art Academy from 1864 and joined Johannes Schilling's studio in the winter semester of 1868/1869 . In 1872 he returned to Saint Petersburg. From 1874 to 1876 Baumann attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he was instructed in the painting class of Eduard von Gebhardt . Baumann worked as a teacher at the Stieglitz Art School in Saint Petersburg. In the 1870s he took part in exhibitions at the Dresden Art Academy, which awarded him a small silver medal as well as a small and a large gold medal.
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann : Baumann, Alexander . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 77 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Baumann, Alexander . In: Wilhelm Neumann: Lexicon of Baltic artists . Jonck & Poliewsky Publishing House, Riga 1908, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 426
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| SURNAME | Baumann, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic sculptor, painter and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval , Estonia Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1915 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |