Friedrich Unzelmann

Friedrich Ludwig Unzelmann (born November 18, 1797 in Berlin , † August 29, 1854 in Vienna ) was a German xylograph .

Life

Unzelmann was the son of the actor Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Unzelmann and his wife Friederike, geb. Flittner . The actor Karl Wolfgang Unzelmann was his brother. After first artistic lessons from his parents, Unzelmann became a student of Friedrich Wilhelm Gubitz in Berlin.

At the age of 46, Unzelmann was accepted as a full member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts in 1843 . Two years later he was appointed professor of woodcutting .

Honorary grave of Friedrich Unzelmann in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Unzelmann played a key role in the revival of the woodcut as an independent art form in Germany. He achieved his greatest success with woodcuts based on drawings by Adolph von Menzel .

Friedrich Unzelmann died in Berlin in 1854 at the age of 56. He was buried in a family grave on Cemetery II of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor . He lies there next to his mother Friederike Bethmann, divorced Unzelmann, née. Flittner (1760-1815), and his wife Johanna geb. Schilling (1797-1873). On the plastered wall of the grave there are three marble tablets with the names of the dead. A marble cross on a pedestal stands in front of it. The system is limited at the front by a grille. By resolution of the Berlin Senate , the last resting place of Friedrich Unzelmann has been dedicated as an honorary grave for the State of Berlin since 1980 . The dedication was extended in 2001 by the usual period of twenty years.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Unzelmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , pp. 231, 236.
↑ Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 88; accessed on March 26, 2019. For a time limit of 20 years, see: Implementing Regulations to Section 12 Paragraph 6 of the Cemetery Act (AV Ehrengrabstätten) (PDF, 24 kB) of August 15, 2007, Paragraph 10; accessed on March 26, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Unzelmann, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Unzelmann, Friedrich Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German xylograph
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1854
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , pp. 231, 236.

[2] Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 88; accessed on March 26, 2019. For a time limit of 20 years, see: Implementing Regulations to Section 12 Paragraph 6 of the Cemetery Act (AV Ehrengrabstätten) (PDF, 24 kB) of August 15, 2007, Paragraph 10; accessed on March 26, 2019.