Eduard Kretzschmar
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Eduard Kretzschmar (born March 21, 1806 in Leipzig ; † July 7, 1858 there ) was a German wood cutter and illustrator .
Kretzschmar was initially a confectioner, then trained in the art of shape cutting under Friedrich Unzelmann in Berlin and established his reputation from 1839–1842 with numerous sheets based on Adolph Menzel's illustrations on the “History of Frederick the Great” by Kugler.
This was followed by twelve sheets after portraits of Prussian military leaders von Menzel under the title: "From King Friedrich's Time" (new edition 1886). In the meantime Kretzschmar had also taken part in other woodcut works, e. For example, the “Folk Tales” by Musäus, the “Nibelungenlied” by Alfred Rethel , the illustrations for “Washington Irving” by Ritter and Camphausen, the “Animal Life of the Alpine World” by Fr. Tschudi, drawn by GW Georgy, the “Four Jahreszeiten ”by Roßäßler and since 1846 at the Illustrirten Zeitung , for which he mainly converted portraits of people and views of buildings into woodcuts.
Two large woodcuts: Gustav Adolfs Tod, after J. Kirchhoff, and a German forest pond, after Wilhelm Schirmer , earned him the gold medal for art.
literature
- Carl Clauss: Kretzschmar, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 140 f.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kretzschmar, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wood cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1858 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |