Magnus of Wright

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Magnus of Wright
A Wrights Black Woodpecker

Magnus von Wright (born June 13, 1805 in Kuopio , Finland , † July 5, 1868 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish painter and ornithologist .

Von Wright was born into a wealthy family, went to school in Turku and then studied art in Stockholm under CJ Fahlgranz and JF Julin . On the initiative of an ornithologist colleague, Nils Bonde , he began work on Svenska Foglar (1828–1838), a large illustrated volume on Swedish birds, with the assistance of his younger brother, Wilhelm von Wright. His two younger brothers, Wilhelm (1810–1887) and Ferdinand (1822–1906) were also accomplished artists, known for their works on nature, especially birds.

Following his return to Finland in 1829, von Wright worked as a cartographer , taxidermist and art teacher. In addition to several paintings of animals, he also created many landscape paintings and still lifes . In 1857 he went on a study trip to Düsseldorf . From 1845 to 1849 he worked as a taxidermist and from 1849 until his death in 1868 as a drawing teacher at the university.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b runeberg.org: Wright, Magnus von (1805-1868), zoologist, painter, Finland.
  2. ^ Runeberg.org: Wilhelm von Wright
  3. ^ Runeberg.org: Ferdinand von Wright
  4. ↑ turuntaidemuseo.fi: The Lure of Nature
  5. ↑ classicnatureprints.com: Magnus Von Wright ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.classicnatureprints.com
  6. ↑ 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. 443

Magnus

personal data
SURNAME Wright, Magnus of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuopio , Finland
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1868
Place of death Helsinki