August Wehrt (lithographer)
Georg August Wehre (born January 9, 1795 in Braunschweig ; † March 16, 1856 there ) was a German mathematician , drawing teacher and lithographer . In 1826 he founded the August Wehre publishing house in Braunschweig , which existed until 1968.
biography
Georg Wehrt was the son of a clothes dealer. From 1817 he studied building sciences at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. He then earned his living as a private tutor for mathematics and drawing. Out of enthusiasm for the new technology of lithography , he founded a printing company in his hometown in 1826 , in which, among other things, maps , pictures of current events and illustrations for books were created. From 1843 on, he was also the editor of the illustrated magazine Gallerie des Schönen und Useful . His pictures of Braunschweig and the surrounding area based on designs by the Braunschweig landscape painter and lithographer Wilhelm Pätz were particularly popular . Wehrt's print shop was last at Kreuzstrasse 67. Wehrt's 1844 plan of Braunschweig with its immediate surroundings is of particular importance . A map on a scale of 1: 6300.
literature
- Luitgard Camerer: Georg August Wehrt. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 642 .
- Luitgard Camerer: Resists, August company. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 242 .
- Gustav Friedrich Schröder: A century of lithography in Braunschweig. August Wistent, art print. Braunschweig 1926.
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SURNAME | Fight back, August |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Defense, Georg August (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, drawing teacher and lithographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1795 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1856 |
Place of death | Braunschweig |