Georg Wilhelm Wanderer

Portrait of Lieutenant Gottlieb Philipp Nusch (1836)

Georg Wilhelm Wanderer (born September 25, 1803 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , † August 2, 1863 in Nuremberg ) was a German portrait painter .

Life

Georg Wilhelm Wanderer began his painter studies in 1820 at the age of sixteen in the history painting class at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .

After completing his studies, Wanderer devoted himself almost exclusively to portraiture. He worked in Munich, Augsburg and Nuremberg, but often visited his hometown Rothenburg ob der Tauber, where in 1836 he painted the portrait of Lieutenant Gottlieb Philipp Nusch.

He married in May 1828 and in 1840 became the father of Friedrich Wilhelm Wanderer (1840–1910), who also became a painter.

GW Wanderer: Portrait of a young man in a white shirt, black bandage and black cloak (1840)

literature

Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons, from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . KG Saur, Munich 2007, vol. 3.

Web links

Commons : Collection of Pictures - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Georg Wilhelm Wanderer and the portrait art of Biedermeier. Special exhibition from November 24th 2013-2. February 2014, Rothenburg City Museum

Individual evidence

↑ Matriculation Book 1809–1841 (accessed April 12, 2016)

personal data
SURNAME	Wanderer, Georg Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rothenburg ob der Tauber
DATE OF DEATH	August 2, 1863
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Matriculation Book 1809–1841 (accessed April 12, 2016)