Anton Wachsmann

Anton Wachsmann (* around 1765 in Silesia , † around 1836 in Berlin ) was a Prussian draftsman and engraver.

Life

Wachsmann studied at the Berlin Academy and was later a drawing teacher for the children of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Among other things, he created the illustrations for Friedrich Gilly's collection of essays and messages relating to architecture , the two volumes of which were published in 1799 and 1800, and the history of the Royal Potsdam Military Orphanage from its creation to the present day. Published for the establishment's centenary celebration in November 1824 , Berlin 1824. His works can be found in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett and the Berlin State Library . Wachsmann also wrote a small school book, which was simply called the ABC book . He made 12 portraits of members of the Hohenzollern family based on models from the royal palaces, and in February 1805 completed a family painting of all the royal children.

Samuel Hahnemann
Gilly's pleasure house above the ice pit at Paretz
String quintet at the court bookseller Decker
Orphan girl in Sunday clothes

literature

Wachsmann, Anton . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 4 .

Web links

Commons : Anton Wachsmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Anton Wachsmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Pictura Paedagogica Online: Pictures by Anton Wachsmann

Individual evidence

^ Rolf Hermann Johannsen: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Of Prussia. From Borneo to Rome. Sanssouci and the residency projects from 1814 to 1848. Ludwig, Kiel 2007, p. 24.
^ Collection of essays and news relating to architecture. (Volume 2, 1799 archive.org , Volume 3, 1799 archive.org , Volume 1, 1800 archive.org , Volume 2, 1800 archive.org ).
^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: Wachsmann, Anton . In: New general artist lexicon . tape 21 : Vouillemont. – Witsen . Fleischmann, Munich 1851, p. 34 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Monumenta Germaniae paedagogica . 1907, p. 192 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - annotation and further mentions on pp. 197-199, 210, 216-217).

personal data
SURNAME	Wachsmann, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian draftsman and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1765
DATE OF DEATH	around 1836
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Rolf Hermann Johannsen: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Of Prussia. From Borneo to Rome. Sanssouci and the residency projects from 1814 to 1848. Ludwig, Kiel 2007, p. 24.

[2] Collection of essays and news relating to architecture. (Volume 2, 1799 archive.org , Volume 3, 1799 archive.org , Volume 1, 1800 archive.org , Volume 2, 1800 archive.org ).

[3] Georg Kaspar Nagler: Wachsmann, Anton . In: New general artist lexicon . tape 21 : Vouillemont. – Witsen . Fleischmann, Munich 1851, p. 34 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Monumenta Germaniae paedagogica . 1907, p. 192 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - annotation and further mentions on pp. 197-199, 210, 216-217).