Eduard Metzger
Eduard Metzger , also Mezger , (born February 13, 1807 in Pappenheim ; † September 16, 1894 in Munich ; full name: Friedrich Eduard Metzger ) was a German architect , painter and author , as well as a Bavarian construction officer and university professor .
Life
Metzger was born in Pappenheim as the son of building councilor Kaspar Metzger . From 1825 he studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts , where he was a student of Leo von Klenze and, until 1828, a student of Friedrich von Gärtner , who brought him to Athens on a building project . He completed the Siegestor in Munich for Gärtner in 1850 . In 1833 Metzger became professor of civil engineering at the Polytechnic School in Munich and in 1846 royal senior building officer.
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The tomb of butchers is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 30 - row 13 - 9th) Location .
literature
- Mezger, Friedrich Eduard. In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Publishing house of the bibliographical institute, Leipzig 1882, p. 369 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
- Mezger, Friedrich Eduard . In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 10 : Lloyd military colonies . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1886, Sp. 1514 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Butcher (Mezger), Eduard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 446 .
- Birgit-Verena Karnapp: King Maximilian II: “It's a shame to lose such a talent.” On the life and work of the architect Eduard Metzger (1807–1894) . In: Upper Bavarian Archive . tape 135 , 2011, pp. 111-158 .
Web links
- Entry 01014 Eduard Metzger in the register 1809-1841 of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
- The estate is in the Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dates of life and spelling of the name “Mezger” after the tombstone
- ↑ Metzger (Mezger), Eduard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 446 . Place of birth Pappenheim, middle name Friedrich, different date of birth February 14, 1807 and name spelling "Metzger".
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↑ In some artists' encyclopedias Metzger is referred to as a professor at the Technical University of Munich , although this was only created in 1868. Metzger apparently taught at her predecessor institute, the Munich Polytechnic School, founded in 1833 .
Winfried Nerdinger (Ed.): Architecture School Munich 1868–1993. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7814-0350-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butcher, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metzger, Friedrich Eduard (full name); Mezger, Eduard (name spelling based on sources from the 19th century) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, painter and author, Bavarian construction officer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pappenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1894 |
| Place of death | Munich |