Johann Philipp Albert Vogel

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Johann Philipp Albert Vogel (born April 11, 1814 in Berlin ; † April 15, 1886 there ) was a German wood cutter .

Albert Vogel was a son of the Berlin sculptor Johann Daniel Vogel and brother of the wood cutter Karl Friedrich Otto Vogel (1812-1851). He attended the Gray Monastery high school and then went to the Berlin Art Academy . In 1834 Vogel was hired as a wood cutter at the J. Baumgärtner publishing house in Leipzig alongside his brother. Although he returned to Berlin, he continued to work for Baumgärtner and illustrated his “fairy tale book”. In 1838 the Vogel brothers' illustrations for Shakespeare's works were published by the Leipzig publishing house.

Due to the success, Albert Vogel was brought in to collaborate on Raczynski's “History of Modern Art”, Duller's “History of the German People”, Bendemann and Hübner's “Nibelungenlied” and other illustrated editions.

Together with his brother Otto, he implemented Menzel's drawings for the illustrated edition (1843–1846) of the works of Frederick the Great and also worked on Kugler's “History of Frederick the Great”.

From 1877 Albert Vogel was a professor at the Berlin Art Academy and head of the studio for wood cutting art.

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