Ferdinand Pettrich
Friedrich August Ferdinand Pettrich (1798 – 14 February 1872) was a German sculptor active in Germany, Brazil, the United States, and Italy. He was an internationally famous portrait sculptor who created busts of political figures in Washington D.C. as well as Native Americans such as Tecumseh. In the early 1840s he moved to Brazil to become the Court Sculptor to Emperor Dom Pedro II.
Also recorded as Frederick Augustus Ferdinand Pettrich · Frederick August Ferdinand Pettrich · Ferdinand Frederick August Pettrich · Friedrich August Pettrich
Ferdinand Pettrich
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- Name
- Friedrich August Ferdinand Pettrich
- Birthplace
- Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
- Died
- 14 February 1872
- Place of death
- Rome, Kingdom of Italy
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Born
- 1798 · Dresden.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist · painter
- Fields
- art of sculpture · visual arts · painting
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture, visual arts and painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden and Rome. Works named in the authority record are Washington Resigning His Commission and The Dying Tecumseh. Work by Ferdinand Pettrich is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Ferdinand Pettrich died in Rome, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Dresden and Rome.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Friedrich August Ferdinand Pettrich • Birthplace — Dresden, Electorate of Saxony • Died — 14 February 1872 • Place of death — Rome, Kingdom of Italy • Known for — Sculpture • Illustration — Washington Resigning His Commission, ca. 1841, now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Life
Life
Born in Dresden to sculptor Franz Pettrich, court sculptor to Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Pettrich studied in Rome under Bertel Thorvaldsen. After achieving fame in Europe, in 1835 Pettrich and his wife moved to the United States, first in Philadelphia, then Washington, D.C. Pettrich died in Rome in 1872.
Documentary record
Ferdinand Pettrich appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a sculptor (5 December 1798 – 14 February 1872). The birth of Ferdinand Pettrich is recorded on 5 December 1798 in Dresden, and the death on 14 February 1872.
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Dresden.
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Rome.
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Sculptures by Pettrich
• The Dying Tecumseh • Martin Van Buren • John Vaughan (wine merchant) • Washington Resigning His Commission • Mrs. Frederich Augustus Ferdinand Pettrich • Self-Portrait • William Norris • Our Lady of the Confederacy in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Charleston) • Illustration — The Dying Tecumseh
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- 1.Archiv der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
- 2.Tecumseh-Keokuk-Black Hawk: Indianerbildnisse in Zeiten von Verträgen und Vertreibung, Begleitheft zur Sonderausstellung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 1. Okt. 2013 – 2. März 2014, Dresden, 2013, 24 S.
- 3.(abgerufen am 11. Juli 2015)
- 4.Tecumseh, Keokuk, Black Hawk: Indianerbildnisse in Zeiten von Verträgen und Vertreibung.
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