August Weger

August Weger, self-portrait

August Weger (born July 28, 1823 in Nuremberg ; died May 27, 1892 in Leipzig ) was a German graphic artist , engraver and printer .

Weger founded a graphic company in Leipzig in 1840. He is known for his portraits of famous people such as Robert Blum , Matthias Claudius , Emil Devrient , Ludwig Feuerbach , Friedrich Gerstäcker , Franz Liszt , Emil Scaria , Robert Schumann , Carl Christian Ullmann . He operated with the steel and copper engraver Theodor Weger jun. (1838–1892) had a studio in Leipzig, where they also worked together as printers. In 1870 Weger published two albums with portraits in steel engraving, which were made from photographs, the prince album and the artist album. He was also involved with several steel engravings in the volume The Franco-German War 1870–1871, portrait part of the General Staff Works.

literature

Weger, August . 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. 251 .
Manfred H. Grieb: Weger, August . In: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . tape 3 : Pf.-Z . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , p. 1630 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

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

Literature by and about August Weger in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Literature by and about August Weger in the catalog of the German National Library
List of August Weger's works in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ Portrait of the singer Minna Wagner (Ueberhorst-Wagner; 1840–1910). Deutsche Fotothek, accessed on June 11, 2020 (steel engraving and print with facsimile by August Weger based on a photograph, Leipzig 1870. Dresden: Stadtmuseum).
Jump up ↑ The Franco-German War 1870–1871, part of the portrait for the General Staff Works, twenty-seven individual portraits of members of the imperial family and officers, all in uniform with medals, some standing, some as half-length portraits, some in half-profile . 1873 ( landesarchiv-bw.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Weger, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1892
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Portrait of the singer Minna Wagner (Ueberhorst-Wagner; 1840–1910). Deutsche Fotothek, accessed on June 11, 2020 (steel engraving and print with facsimile by August Weger based on a photograph, Leipzig 1870. Dresden: Stadtmuseum).

[2] Jump up ↑ The Franco-German War 1870–1871, part of the portrait for the General Staff Works, twenty-seven individual portraits of members of the imperial family and officers, all in uniform with medals, some standing, some as half-length portraits, some in half-profile . 1873 ( landesarchiv-bw.de ).