Robert Reyher
Robert Reyher (born February 18, 1838 in Berlin , † May 8, 1877 in Potsdam ) was a German draftsman and engraver.
Life
Robert Reyher was the son of the engraver Ernst Adolph Reyher (1809–1865), who worked as a geographic engraver in Berlin, from 1840 in Potsdam, and from 1848 headed the engraver class at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Robert Reyher probably received his first training from his father before studying with Eduard Mandel from 1857 to 1862 at the copper engraving school in Berlin . The engravings of barracks and schools in Berlin were made in the early days. After completing his studies, he worked as a reproduction engraver and draftsman, mainly for the Berlin publisher EH Schroeder . From 1858 he exhibited repeatedly at the Academy of Arts. From 1871 to 1875 he was a member of the Association of Berlin Artists . On May 8, 1877, he drowned in the Havel near Sakrow .
Works (selection)
Early works
- The Koenigl. Real and Elisabeth School in Berlin , 1853
- The royal Friedrich Wilhelms Gymnasium in Berlin , 1853
- Barracks of the 1st Battalion Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment in Berlin , 1854
- Barracks of the 2nd Battalion Emperor Franz Grenadier Regiment in Berlin , 1854
- Barracks of the fusilier battalion Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment in Berlin , 1854
- The Royal Cadettenhaus in Berlin , 1854
Reproductions
- Goethe , engraving, 1860
- Raphael , copper engraving between 1860 and 1870 (under Mandel's direction)
- Friedrich von Schiller , engraving after Anton Graff , 1862 (under Mandel's direction)
- Maria Mancini , engraving after a portrait by Pierre Mignard , 1869
- Countess Sophie (Zofia) Potocka , engraving after a late 18th century painting (probably by Louise- Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun ), 1872
- Franz Liszt , engraving after a photograph by Ferdinand J. Mulnier, around 1873
- Fréderic Chopin , engraving (etching) after Antoine Bovy , around 1873
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , copper engraving 1873
- Richard Wagner , copper engraving around 1873
- Ludwig van Beethoven , steel engraving after areliefsupposedly made by Edouard Gatteaux , ca.1873
- Ludwig van Beethoven , engraving after the portrait by Ferdinand Schimon , around 1873
- Further portraits of Blücher , General GL von Bleicher , the Africa traveler Dr. Heinrich Barth (after a drawing by Johann Heinrich Schramm ), the social economist HL Carey , Lotte (Charlotte Kestner née Buff, Werthers Lotte) and Prince Bismarck .
literature
- Andreas Andresen, Joseph Heller: Handbook for copper engravers or lexicon of copper engravers, painter-erasers and shape cutters . 2nd Edition. tape 2 . TO Weigel, Leipzig 1873, ISBN 978-3-86732-169-3 , p. 377 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search).
- Gernot Ernst, Ute Laur-Ernst: The city of Berlin in printmaking 1570-1870, vol. 1 . 1st edition. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-055-9 , pp. 609 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reyher, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1877 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |