Emil Höfer (engraver)

“ Adolfstrasse and Leibnitzens Monument in Hanover ”, steel engraving;
after Wilhelm Kretschmer , 1850s;
“Printing and publishing v. GG Lange in Darmstadt "

Emil Höfer (also: Ernst Emil Höfer ; * December 14, 1815 in Darmstadt ; † after 1850 ) was a German steel engraver .

life and work

Emil Höfer worked as an engraver in the decades between 1830 and around 1850. His numerous steel engravings, some of which were sold hand- colored , particularly show views of cities in southwest Germany such as Augsburg , Bamberg , Kehl , Landshut , Munich , Nuremberg , Ravensburg , Regensburg , Sigmaringen , Teinach , Zavelstein and others. Höfer engraved models from artists such as Konrad Corradi , Louis Hoffmeister , Joseph Kranzberger , Heinrich Schönfeld and others.

Höfer also worked as a collaborator in the illustrated book Das Kurfürstentum Hessen published by Gustav Georg Lange in Darmstadt in 1850 , but also on a series of views of the Rhine drawn by the painter Eberhard Emminger , which appeared in Mainz in 1852 .

Commons : E. Höfer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

↑ Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : History and description of Darmstadt and its immediate surroundings from the oldest to the newest times / according to the newest and best tools, written and edited by Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner. Publishing house by Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt 1839, p. 190 ( books.google.de ).
↑ ^a ^b Höfer, E. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 190 .

personal data
SURNAME	Höfer, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Höfer, Ernst Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver and steel engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH	after 1850