Wilhelm Fechner

Wilhelm Fechner (born November 30, 1835 in Sprottau , Silesia, † April 8, 1909 in Berlin ) was a German portrait and genre painter and photographer.

Life

Wilhelm Fechner was born in Sprottau, today's Szprotawa in Lower Silesia , in 1835 . From 1853 to 1857 he studied at the Berlin Academy of the Arts, a. a. with August von Kloeber . In 1856 and 1862 he was represented at the academy exhibitions with his works, some of which were executed as pastels . He then worked as a portrait and genre painter in Berlin. He was the father and first teacher of the painter Hanns Fechner . From the end of the 1860s, Fechner's artistic activity shifted to portrait painting and photography and he ran a photographic artistic studio . When he moved to Potsdamer Straße 134a in 1884, the business was run by his son Otto Fechner. Fechner has received several awards for his photographic works.

literature

Fechner, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 329 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Necrologist. In: Kunstchronik: Weekly for art and applied arts. New episodes 20, 1909, issue 23, p. 371 ( digitized at Heidelberg University ).

gallery

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Fechner - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wilhelm Fechner. In: Bénézit . Dictionary of Artists
Wilhelm Fechner. In: Lexicon of Photographers (fotorevers.eu)
Wilhelm Fechner. Works in the Deutsche Fotothek
Wilhelm Fechner. Works in the Jewish Museum Berlin
Wilhelm Fechner. Works at Getty Images

Individual evidence

^ W. Fechner Friedrichstrasse. 218, in the studio of Prof. A. v. Kloeber. In: Directory of the works of living artists… XL. Art exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. 1856. - # 218–220 - Three male portraits - # 221–223 - Three female portraits - Chalk drawings ( digitized digishelf )
↑ Fechner, W. In: Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger together with address and business manual for Berlin , 1865, part 1, p. 123. “Portrait- u. Genre painter, Charlottenstr. 20 ".
^ Fechner, W. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1880, part 1, p. 207. “Inh. e. photographic studios, Krausenstr. 21 II ".
^ Fechner, W. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1895, Part 1, p. 292. “Photogr. artist. Atel., W Potsdamerstr. 134a IV, Inh. Otto Fechner ”(further entry: Fechner, W., Portr. Maler, W Goltzstr. 25 I).

personal data
SURNAME	Fechner, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait and genre painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sprottau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1909
Place of death	Berlin

[1] W. Fechner Friedrichstrasse. 218, in the studio of Prof. A. v. Kloeber. In: Directory of the works of living artists… XL. Art exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. 1856. - # 218–220 - Three male portraits - # 221–223 - Three female portraits - Chalk drawings ( digitized digishelf )

[2] Fechner, W. In: Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger together with address and business manual for Berlin , 1865, part 1, p. 123. “Portrait- u. Genre painter, Charlottenstr. 20 ".

[3] Fechner, W. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1880, part 1, p. 207. “Inh. e. photographic studios, Krausenstr. 21 II ".

[4] Fechner, W. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1895, Part 1, p. 292. “Photogr. artist. Atel., W Potsdamerstr. 134a IV, Inh. Otto Fechner ”(further entry: Fechner, W., Portr. Maler, W Goltzstr. 25 I).