Ludwig Rohbock

Darmstadt , drawn and engraved by Rohbock, around 1849

Ludwig Rohbock, view of the Chemnitz market square around 1850

Ludwig Rohbock (born March 30, 1824 in Sulzbach near Nuremberg ; † January 12, 1893 in Munich ) was a German landscape and architectural draftsman and steel engraver .

Life

Rohbock was baptized with the name Balthasar Josef Ludwig , he remained unmarried throughout his life. He first worked as a steel engraver, painter and landscape draftsman in Nuremberg before moving to Munich in 1888 as a freelance painter and due to illness.

Rohbock also traveled through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and Transylvania and made numerous drawings, of which he later made steel engravings. Drawings, especially of German and Swiss cities and landscapes, served as templates for widespread steel engravings and were partially engraved by Johann Poppel .

Rohbock also drew a series of steel engravings with views of the Harz (1853), the Rhine (1855) and Hungary and Transylvania (1857). Chromolithographs with views of the Bernese Oberland were published around 1875 based on his drawings . Around 1855 he drew a series of Danube vedute , which he himself engraved in steel.

Works

Ludwig Rellstab : Berlin and its immediate surroundings in picturesque original views. Historically and topographically limited by Ludwig Rellstab. Signed by Ludwig Rohbock, steel engravings by Johann Gabriel Friedrich Poppel. Lange, Darmstadt 1854.
Ludwig Rohbock: The Kingdom of Saxony, Thuringia and Anhalt: presented in picturesque original views of their most interesting areas, cities, seaside resorts, churches, castles and other excellent monuments of old and new times; absorbed by nature; engraved in steel by the most distinguished artists of our time; with historical-topographical text. Lange, Darmstadt 1862.
Together with János Hunfalvy : Hungary and Transylvania in picturesque original views. Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt 1863 (1st section: Hungary : babel.hathitrust.org ) 1864 (2nd section: Transylvania : babel.hathitrust.org ).

literature

Rohbock, Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 520 .
Little known Munich painter and graphic artist of the 19th century. 25 short biographies. In: Upper Bavarian Archive. Volume 93, 1971, p. 127.
The painter Ludwig Rohbock and the Harz. In: Our Harz. Volume 50, No. 3, Harzklub, Bad Harzburg 2002, pp. 54-55.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Rohbock - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry for Ludwig Rohbock in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Rohbock on Europeana .eu

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rohbock, Ludwig . In: Hans-Michael Körner, Bruno Jahn (Hrsg.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia . tape 3 : P-Z . KG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 , p. 1636 . ;
Date of life often incorrectly mentioned as 1820–1883.
↑ standard data entry (GND 124,240,631 ) of the German National Library . Query date: December 12, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b BRIKMEYER, Karl: Little known Munich painters and graphic artists of the 19th century. 25 short biographies in: Upper Bavarian Archive, Volume 93. 1971, p. 127.

personal data
SURNAME	Rohbock, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rohbock, Lajos; Rohbock, L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape and architectural draftsman and steel engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sulzbach near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1893
Place of death	Munich

[KÖRNER-1] Rohbock, Ludwig . In: Hans-Michael Körner, Bruno Jahn (Hrsg.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia . tape 3 : P-Z . KG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 , p. 1636 . ;
Date of life often incorrectly mentioned as 1820–1883.

[GND-2] standard data entry (GND 124,240,631 ) of the German National Library . Query date: December 12, 2016.

[BRIKMEYER-3] BRIKMEYER, Karl: Little known Munich painters and graphic artists of the 19th century. 25 short biographies in: Upper Bavarian Archive, Volume 93. 1971, p. 127.