Friedrich August Elsasser
Friedrich August Elsasser (born July 24, 1810 in Berlin , † September 1, 1845 in Rome ) was a German painter.
Friedrich August Elsasser was like his younger brother Julius (1814-1859) a landscape painter . He attended the Prussian Academy of Arts in his hometown and was there a. a. Student of the landscape painter Carl Blechen . From 1832 he worked in Rome for a few years and was part of the circle of Joseph Anton Koch and the German Romans . From Rome he went on some extensive study trips to southern Italy and Sicily .
Works
- Palermo
- Lago dei Nemi
- the Campo santo near Pisa in the moonlight
- the Sibyl's Grotto in Tivoli
- the cloister walk in Cefalu
- the interior of the illuminated St. Peter's Church
- the theater of Taormina
- Ruins of the Lo Spasimo church in Palermo
- Southern mountain landscape, around 1840, "Weltsichten" bundle in the underground museum of Situation Kunst (for Max Imdahl), art collections of the Ruhr University in Bochum
literature
- Robert Dohme: Alsatian, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 61.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elsasser, Friedrich August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1845 |
| Place of death | Rome |