Joseph Buck

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Joseph Buck (born March 22, 1820 in Kempten ; † 1897 ) was an Allgäu painter and local researcher. His documentation and drawings of buildings that no longer exist today are important evidence for the reconstruction of the history of Allgäu localities.

Life

Buck was born in Kempten as the son of the brewery owner Simon Buck. He was a student of the royal court painter Franz Sales Lochbihler and Roman Weiß . At the age of 21 he married Amalie Henkel. Buck was a drawing teacher at the Kemptner Latin School. Buck's family owned the “Bayerischer Hof” inn on the St. Mang Bridge, which he ran for a short time. Buck also owned the gravel pit in the immediate vicinity, today the former gravel pit in which Görres- and Kettelerweg are today. Opposite this pit is the now recultivated Engelhaldepark . The gravel pit in today's recultivated Engelhaldepark was the direct successor to Buck's gravel pit. This now built-up area is located north of the Engelhalde.

In 1884, Joseph Buck, along with Adolf Leichtle and Adolf Horchler, was one of the founders of the Heimatverein Kempten (antiquity association for the Allgäu) and the historical journal "Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund" published by this association.

Works

Works of art

Joseph Buck's works are mainly stored in his sketchbooks or are family-owned.

Publications

  • Handbook for travelers in the Allgäu, Lechtal and Bregenzerwald (1856)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Heimatverein Kempten

literature

  • Wolfgang Haberl: Allgäu, Ausserfern, Kleinwalsertal, Bregenzerwald. Lexicon of the Euregio via salina. Verlag Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten, 2002, ISBN 3-888-81038-8 , pp. 45f.
  • Kornelius Riedmiller: Small treasures in the Allgäu. Joseph Buck. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1979.

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personal data
SURNAME Buck, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES B., J .; Buck, J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempten
DATE OF DEATH 1897