Ferdinand Karl Klimsch
Ferdinand Karl Klimsch (born December 12, 1812 in Böhmisch-Leipa , † September 14, 1890 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German painter , lithographer and engraver . He was the founder of the Frankfurt entrepreneur and artist family Klimsch .
Live and act
Ferdinand Karl Klimsch comes from a Protestant Bohemian family and first moved from his homeland to Dillenburg in order to open a “lithographic institute” there. In 1837 he moved to Frankfurt am Main , where he worked for Bernhard Dondorf . From 1848 he designed and engraved the motifs of the banknotes for Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt and was also involved in their production on behalf of the Frankfurter Bank. In 1858 Ferdinand Klimsch again founded his own company in Frankfurt's Alte Mainzer Gasse, the Klimsch-Lithographic Art Institute . There he continued his work on banknote production, but also made book illustrations, lithographs, oil paintings and watercolors.
family
Ferdinand Karl Klimsch married Margaretha Henriette Schulz (* March 11, 1818 - March 20, 1884 ) and had six children with her:
- Eugen Johann Georg (born November 29, 1839 - † July 9, 1896 )
- Karl Ferdinand (born May 26, 1841 - † December 6, 1926 )
- Julius Jakob (born January 29, 1843 - † March 11, 1862 )
- Wilhelmine (born September 19, 1847 - † April 11, 1848 )
- Ludwig (* 1852 ; † 1874 )
- Emilie Molly (born May 20, 1861 - † November 8, 1937 )
credentials
- ↑ Klimsch, Ferdinand Karl. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: galerie-fach.de .
- ^ Ferdinand Karl Klimsch . In: artnet.com .
- ^ New German Biography , Berlin 1980, Volume 12, page 68
- ↑ Wolfgang Klötzer (Ed.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 . Page 399-400
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| SURNAME | Klimsch, Ferdinand Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klimsch, Ferdinand; Klimsch, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, lithographer and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bohemian Leipa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1890 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |