Wilhelm Oelschig
Wilhelm Oelschig (* 1814 in Berlin ; † after 1862) was a German engraver from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Oelschig was a pupil of the copper engraver Ludwig Buchhorn in Berlin around 1833 . In 1839 and 1840 he attended Joseph von Keller's engraving class at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1846 he went back to Berlin. As a reproduction engraver , he made a name for himself with the engraving Das Lotsenexamen, based on the painting of the same name by Rudolf Jordan exhibited from 1842 . This work was published in 1850 as the annual gift of the art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia . Other engravings made him famous, such as The Church Walk after Eduard Bendemann , The Resting Robber (The Sleeping Brigand) after Louis Léopold Robert and The Capture of Pope Paschal II by Emperor Heinrich V after Carl Friedrich Lessing (1862, completed by Xaver Steifensand ) .
literature
- Oelschig, Wilhelm . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1841, volume 10, p. 312 f. ( Google Books ).
- Oelschig, Wilhelm . In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 400 ( digitized version ).
- Oelschig, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 568 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oelschig, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver of the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1862 |