Christian Etzdorf
Johann Christian Michel Etzdorf (also Ezdorf ; born February 28, 1801 in Pößneck , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , † December 18, 1851 in Munich ) was a German landscape painter .
Life
Etzdorf studied landscape painting at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. There he was particularly interested in the nearby Alpine region , which he painted based on the models of the Dutch landscape painters Allaert van Everdingen and Jacob van Ruisdael . In 1824 he traveled to Scandinavia with a letter of recommendation from the Norwegian landscape painter Johan Christian Dahl . He visited Norway , the North Cape , Sweden , Iceland . He also traveled to England .
literature
- Friedrich Pecht : Etzdorf, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 401.
- Christian Etzdorf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 35, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22775-2 , p. 565.
- Ernst Sigismund: Ezdorf, Christian (Johann Crist. Michael) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 144–145 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Etzdorf, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Etzdorf, Johann Christian Michel (full name); Ezdorf, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pößneck , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1851 |
| Place of death | Munich |