Georg Michael Kurz

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georg Michael Kurz (* 15. October 1815 in Hersbruck , † 8. January 1883 in Munich ) was a German copper and steel engraver , artist and publisher .

Life

Kurz learned to draw autodidactically and became a pupil of the engraver F. Wiesner in his birthplace. The German National Library names the year 1834 as the date of activity. In 1845, Kurz became an employee of Johann Gabriel Friedrich Poppel in Munich , and later also his business partner. He also worked for Gustav Georg Lange and Franz in Munich , among others .

Works

Around 1858: The Museum for Art and Science in Hanover , today the Künstlerhaus Hanover . Incompletely colored steel engraving, only with the indication GMKurz Sculp.t

Briefly illustrated, e.g. T. with other artists, u. a. the following works:

  • Meyer's Universum , Joseph Meyer , Hildburghausen: Bibliographisches Institut
  • Gallery of European Cities , Poppel, Munich 1845ff.
  • Schleswig-Holstein , Hermann Biernatzki, published by Poppel and Kurz, Munich 1848
  • The Electorate of Hesse , Lange Verlag, Darmstadt 1850
  • The Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig ... , Lange, Darmstadt 1858

Other work:

  • Rundschau am Mönchsberg after Georg Pezolt
  • Color engravings after views of the Bavarian Alps and the Rhine
  • 16 views of Munich based on own drawings (part of the "Mailinger Collection" in the Munich Historical Museum)
  • 28 steel engravings after Rottmann's frescoes in the Munich Hofgartenarkaden (copies of them in oil and watercolor; last known works)

literature

Web links

Commons : Georg Michael Kurz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME In short, Georg Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kurz, M .; In short, GM
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German copper and steel engraver, architectural and landscape draftsman, painter and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Hersbruck
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1883
Place of death Munich