Joseph Roloffs
Joseph Roloffs (born March 19, 1833 in Düsseldorf ; † July 9, 1899 there ) was a German wood engraver from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Where Barthel brings Most , 1855, wood engraving after a painting by Eduard Bendemann
Roloffs attended the elementary class at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1844 and 1848 . In Dresden he first became a student and then an employee of the wood cutter Hugo Bürkner . After completing his training, Roloffs worked for the Gaber & Richter company in Dresden. He later worked in Düsseldorf.
literature
- Roloffs, Joseph . In: Eva-Maria Hanebutt-Benz: Studies on German wood engraving in the 19th century . In: Archives for the history of the book industry . Volume 24, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 978-3-7657-1262-3 , Sp. 1133.
Web links
Commons : Joseph Roloffs - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- ^ Johann Friedrich Hoff: Adrian Ludwig Richter. Painter and etcher . J. Heinrich Richter, Dresden 1877, p. 472 ( Google Books )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roloffs, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wood engraver from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1899 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |