Theodor Widmayer
Theodor Wilhelm Paul Widmayer (born April 14, 1828 in Stuttgart ; † April 23, 1883 there ) was a German genre and portrait painter , silhouette artist and photographer .
Theodor Widmayer studied at the Stuttgart Art School and then privately from 1849 to 1853 with Heinrich von Rustige ,
He continued his studies from 1854 to 1857 at the Brussels Art Academy . Then he returned to Stuttgart.
From 1858 to 1859 he ran the “Pfann & Widmayer” photo studio together with Christian Pfann . After a year, the business partners separated. Pfann opened his own atelier.
Widmayer mainly painted genre pictures, later also portraits of Stuttgart citizens.
literature
- Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. The most famous contemporaries in the field of fine arts of all countries with details of their works . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 555 ( digitized version ).
- Widmayer, Theodor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942.
- Joachim W. Siener: The photography and Stuttgart 1839-1900 . Edition Cantz, Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt 1989, ISBN 978-3-89322-150-9 , p.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Widmayer, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Widmayer, Theodor Wilhelm Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait and genre painter, silhouette artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1883 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |