August Neumann (wood engraver)

Wood engraving with the portrait of Godefried Guffen

August Neumann (* before 1866; † 1908 in Leipzig ) was a German wood engraver and owner of a xylographic studio in Leipzig.

Life

Ernst von Pfuel , engraving privately owned by the family

August Neumann was the brother of the engraver Adolf Neumann and , like the latter, signed some of his works with the abbreviation AN , but also with Aug. Neumann .

Neumann's portraits appeared, for example, in Westermann's monthly magazine or in the magazine Die Gartenlaube .

literature

Eva-Maria Hanebutt-Benz: Studies on German wood engraving in the 19th century. In: Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens , Vol. 24, 1983, pp. 581–1266, here p.?.

Web links

Commons : August Neumann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

(Neumann, August (Stecher)) on the europeana .eu website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library .
↑ Compare, for example, the woodcut with the portrait of Godefried Guffen.

personal data
SURNAME	Neumann, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German wood engraver and owner of a xylographic studio in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1866
DATE OF DEATH	1908
Place of death	Leipzig

[DNB-1] Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library .

[2] Compare, for example, the woodcut with the portrait of Godefried Guffen.