Adolf von Heydeck
Illustration — Portrait of Adolf von Heydeck by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein Gustav Adolf (Adolph) Heideck, from 1836 von Heideck (25 April 1787 – 23 January 1856) was a German painter. A classmate of Friedrich and Ferdinand Olivier in his native Dessau, he studied at the Hauptschule there with Carl Wilhelm Kolbe. Apart from this he is not known to have any formal training, and is referred to in documentation as an "Autodidakt" and "Dilettant", or amateur, in painting and etching.
Also recorded as Adolf von Poussin Heydeck · Adolf von Poussin-Heydeck · Poussin Heydeck Heydeck · Alexander von Heydeck
Adolf von Heydeck
Adolf von Heydeck · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation · CC0
- Born
- 1787 · Dessau.
- Died
- 1856 · Dessau.
- Nationality
- Anhalt-Dessau
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- German
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Adolf von Heydeck appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a painter, etcher, copperplate engraver and art collector (1787 – 1856).
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Adolf von Heydeck was born in 1787 in Dessau and died in 1856 in Dessau.
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Born at Dessau in 1787, died in Dessau in 1856.
The recorded working language is German. Work by Adolf von Heydeck is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art.
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