Alexander Ivanovich Sauerweid
Alexander Iwanowitsch Sauerweid , painting by Bogdan Pawlowitsch Willewalde , around 1840
Alexander Sauerweid ( Russian Александр Иванович Зауервейд ; also: Gottlob Alexander Sauerweid * February 8 jul. / 19th February 1783 greg. In Kurland ; † October 13 jul. / 25. October 1844 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian battle and horse painter and eraser .
Life
Sauerweid studied from 1801 at the Dresden Art Academy . There he was on friendly terms with his teacher, Professor Gerhard von Kügelgen . After ten years in Dresden, he returned to Russia and worked there at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art . In 1831 he was appointed professor.
Works (excerpts)
- Scenes from the Napoleonic Wars , etchings, old colored, 1809
- Army of the Kingdom of Westphalia , 19 plates, colored, 1810
- Emperor Alexander I and Count Platoff on parade in Hyde Park in London , 1815
- War scenes near Dresden; drawn from nature and etched by Alexander Sauerweid. Arnold, Dresden 1810
- Costumes in Saxony. With Heinrich Rittner in Dresden. Anonymous, the booklets with d. Traditional costumes, sine dato (Alexander Sauerweid, 1807)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Hemmann: The war in Saxony 1809 depicted by Geißler and Sauerweid . BoD, 2011. ISBN 9783842373884 , page 34
- ↑ Зауервейд Александр Иванович (Большая советская энциклопедия, Russian, accessed November 11, 2012)
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| SURNAME | Sauerweid, Alexander Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sauerweid, Gottlob Alexander; Зауервейд, Александр Иванович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian battle and horse painter and eraser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1844 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |