Wilhelm Georgy
Wilhelm Georgy (born February 6, 1819 in Magdeburg , † 1887 in Weimar ) was a German painter , illustrator , book designer , wood cutter and etcher .
He acquired his artistic skills both self-taught and as a student of Friedrich Preller .
From the 1850s he was a draftsman at the Leipzig publishing house JJ Weber . Together with the painter Emil Rittmeyer , he was commissioned to illustrate the natural history publication Das Tierleben der Alpen by Friedrich Tschudi . He therefore traveled several times to the Alps from 1853 to gain knowledge of the mountain landscape as well as its fauna and flora . Between 1854 and 1858 he traveled to the Engadine . He lived in a hotel in Pontresina and made the acquaintance of the naturalist and taxidermist Gian Saratz . He also stayed in a mountain hut on Piz Languard , which today bears his name as Georgy's hut .
From 1857 he lived and worked in Leipzig, mainly for the Brandstetter publishing house in Leipzig, and created illustrations and a number of publisher's covers . These are often marked with his artist's signature “W. GEORGY ”.
literature
- German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. tape 3 . KG Sauer, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-598-25030-9 , p. 760 .
- Bernard Condrau, Walter Candinas: club guide, Bündner Alps. Middle Engadine and Poschiavo . 2nd Edition. tape X . Verlag des SAC, 1984, ISBN 3-85902-039-0 , p. 168-170 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Georgy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Further literature by and about Max Honegger. In: StaBiKat. Berlin State Library , accessed on June 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Georgy, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georgy, W .; W. GEORGY (logo) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, illustrator and book designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1887 |
| Place of death | Weimar |