Friedrich Brockmann
Friedrich Christian Ferdinand Brockmann (born January 20, 1809 in Güstrow , † 1886 in Dresden ) was a German history and portrait painter and photographer .
From 1827 to 1829 Brockmann studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin , and in 1829 and 1830 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He took part in the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1830, 1832, 1838, 1844 and 1846. Around 1836 he stayed in Paris as a student in Paul Delaroche's studio and at the École des Beaux-Arts . In 1838 he was in Rostock and from 1839 he worked as a portrait painter in Dresden, from the 1850s also as a photographer. In 1854 he opened a photo studio in Dresden under the name F. & O. Brockmann. In 1865 he founded the publishing house F. & O. Brockmann, which was taken over in 1869 by Brockmann's son-in-law Rudolph Tamme . From 1870 Brockmann was again listed in the Dresden address books as a "history painter". Brockmann was a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .
Works as a photographer (selection)
- Portrait photographs of Dresden personalities such as Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Ernst Rietschel , Ludwig Richter and Carl Gustav Carus
 - Images of the Dresden cityscape.
 
literature
- Theodor Raspe : Brockmann, Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 40 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
 - Brockmann, Friedrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 302.
 - Lisa Hackmann: Brockmann, Friedrich Christian Ferdinand. In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 1: 1793-1843. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 37–39 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
 - Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1402 .
 
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1402 .
 
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brockmann, Friedrich | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brockmann, Friedrich Christian Ferdinand (full name) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history and portrait painter and photographer | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1809 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guestrow | 
| DATE OF DEATH | 1886 | 
| Place of death | Dresden |