Hermann Moritz Cossmann

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Hermann Moritz Cossmann , also Hermann Maurice Cossmann (* 1821 in Berlin , † 1890 in Paris ) was a German painter and etcher .

Life

Cossmann was a student in Berlin in 1842 in the private studio of Johann Samuel Otto and at the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts. In 1842, 1846, 1848 and 1852 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition, and from 1845 at the latest he lived in Paris. There he took lessons from Eugène Lepoittevin and between 1845 and 1885 participated regularly in the Paris Salon .

He was the father of the paleontologist Maurice Cossmann .

Works

  • Portrait de M. L ..., whereabouts unknown (Salon 1845, No. 368)
  • Portrait de M. de ..., watercolor, whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 1755)
  • Silvio Pellico under the lead roofs of Venice, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1846, No. 136; Berlin, PrAdK c)
  • Falstaff as king in the tavern to the wild pig's head / Sir John Falstaff, en contrefaisant le roi, fait des reproches au prince Henri de se trouver en mauvaise société dans l'auberge de la Tête du Sanglier, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1846, no. 137 ; Berlin, PrAdK c; Salon 1848, No. 995)
  • Tête d'étude d'homme, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1847, No. 382)

literature

  • Florian Dölle: Cossmann (Cosmann, Cossman), Hermann Moritz (Herman (n) -Maurice, Maurice, Moritz) In: Savoy, Bénédicte and Nerlich, France (ed.): Pariser apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Cossmann, Hermann Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cossmann, Hermann Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1890
Place of death Paris