Johann Carl August Richter

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Judge: Übigau Castle around 1850 from the Elbe side

Johann Carl August Richter (born March 29, 1785 in Dresden ; † January 11, 1853 there ) was a German draftsman and graphic artist.

Life

Richter was a student of Adrian Zingg . He worked as a landscape and architectural draftsman in Dresden. He made views of Dresden and other Saxon cities and landscapes, mostly preserved as colored copper engravings .

Richter is often confused with Carl August Richter (1770–1848).

literature

  • Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of Fine Artists , Volume 28, Leipzig 1934, p. 294.
  • Gustav Lindke: Old Lübeck City Views , Lübeck 1968, Nos. 377, 378 and p. 105

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SURNAME Richter, Johann Carl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1853
Place of death Dresden