Heinrich Federer (painter)

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Heinrich Federer (* 1819 in Freiburg ; † 1859 in Ehrenstetten ) was a German landscape and portrait painter .

Life

Federer stayed in Paris from 1845 until 1847. There he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and probably in Michel-Martin Drolling's studio . Around 1847 he was in Freiburg i.Br. and went on trips a. a. through Switzerland and Bavaria. Participation in exhibitions and the like followed. a. in the Rhineland, in Strasbourg and in Augsburg . Federer moved to Düsseldorf before 1856 .

literature

  • Gitta Ho: Federer, Heinrich. In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Federer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg
DATE OF DEATH 1859
Place of death Ehrenstetten