Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur
Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (18 August 1780 – 6 February 1857) was a painter and an officer in the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was born in Stuttgart. He first devoted himself to painting, but subsequently became a soldier, and as a lieutenant in the 25th Division (the Württemberg unit) of the III Corps of Napoleon's Grande Armée, served in the French invasion of Russia, which he sketched as it progressed.
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Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur
Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur · Franz Georg Friedrich von Kausler, Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur. Der Russlandfeldzug Napoleons 1812. — Wolnzach: Kastner, 2003. — ISBN 3-936154-97-X · Public domain
- Name
- Faber du Faur
- Birth Name
- Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur
- Born
- 18 August 1780
- Birthplace
- Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Died
- 6 February 1857
- Place of death
- Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Württemberg.
- Occupation
- painter, draftsperson, jurist and military officer.
- Fields
- military affairs and German painting.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- German.
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Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (18 August 1780 – 6 February 1857) was a painter and an officer in the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was born in Stuttgart. He first devoted himself to painting, but subsequently became a soldier, and as a lieutenant in the 25th Division (the Württemberg unit) of the III Corps of Napoleon's Grande Armée, served in the French invasion of Russia, which he sketched as it progressed.
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Biography
Biography
His sketches were exhibited in 1816, and subsequently he used them to produce color plates, and then in 1831–44 published some of them, with text, in a work entitled Blatter aus meinem Portefeuille im Laufe des Feldzugs 1812. His most noteworthy paintings are The Passage of the Beresina, a work of great merit, and The Coffee-House at Wilna. He attained the rank of general in 1849. He died in Stuttgart in 1857.
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is military affairs and German painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are watercolor, lithography and military. Places of work recorded in the authority are Russia. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Faber du Faur • Birth Name — Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur • Born — 18 August 1780 • Birthplace — Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany) • Died — 6 February 1857 • Place of death — Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany) • Field — Painting • Works — Blatter aus meinem Portefeuille im Laufe des Feldzugs 1812
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Gallery
• Illustration — Smolensk, 1812 • Illustration — In Beshankovichy • Illustration — In Beshankovichy • Illustration — Moscow, 1812 • Illustration — Joseph Kehringer, drawing ca. 1800 now in the Städtisches Museum Schwäbisch Gmünd
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- 1.Hyacinth Holland: Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm von. In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 11: Erman–Fiorenzo. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1915, S. 157.
- 2.Povilas Reklaitis: Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur. Augenzeugenbericht und Historie in der Darstellungskunst des Kriegsgeschehens 1812. In: Nordost-Archiv 15, Heft 65–66, Stuttgart 1982, S. 1–7.
- 3.Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Napoleon: Traum und Trauma. In: Der Sonntag.Evangelischen Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 13. Februar 2011.
- 4.Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch 1854. Stuttgart 1854, S. 38.
- 5.Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1873. Jahrgang 23, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1872, S. 737.
- 6.Hyacinth Holland: Faber du Faur, Otto von. In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Gründer: Ulrich Thieme / Felix Becker. Band 11: Erman–Fiorenzo. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1915, S. 158.
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