Leo Stracké

Leo Paulus Johannes Stracké (born July 30, 1851 in Rotterdam , † February 17, 1923 in The Hague ) was a Dutch engraver , sculptor and restorer .

Life

Zouaves monument in front of the Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara in Halderberge with a representation of Pope Pius IX. , 1911

Stracké, son of the German-Dutch sculptor Jean Theodore Stracké (1817–1891) born in Dorsten , younger brother of the Dutch sculptor Franciscus Leonardus Stracké (1849–1919), nephew of the German-Dutch sculptor Franz (Frans) Stracké (1820–1898) , studied from 1870 to 1872 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Andreas Müller drawing and painting (elementary class) as well as copper engraving with Joseph von Keller . In 1879 he lived in 's-Hertogenbosch , in the same year he moved to Rotterdam , where he stayed until around the turn of the century and worked as a restorer in the city's historical museum.

Work (selection)

Tomb for Alex Heyblom on the Algemene Begraafplaats in Crooswijk, 1894
Zouaves monument in front of the Basilica of St. Agatha and Barbara in Halderberge- Oudenbosch with a representation of Pope Pius IX. , 1911

literature

Thieme-Becker , Volume XXXII (1938).
Stracké, Johannes Paulus Léo . In: Pieter A. Scheen : Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1880 . The Hague 1981, p. 502.

Web links

Leo Paulus Johannes Stracké , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Leo Paulus Johannes Stracké , data sheet in the portal biografischportaal.nl
Johannes Paulus Léo Stracké , data sheet in the portal artindex.nl
Leo Stracké , short biography on the arendzen.com portal

Individual evidence

↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 440

personal data
SURNAME	Stracké, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stracké, Leo Paulus Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch engraver, sculptor and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1923
Place of death	The hague

[1] Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 440