Kaspar Braun
Kaspar Braun (13 August 1807 – 29 October 1877) was a German wood engraver.
Also recorded as Caspar Braun
Kaspar Braun
Hermann Schneider · Die Kunst unserer Zeit, 5. Jahrgang, 1. Halbband, 5. Lieferung, 1894, zu S. 86 · Public domain
- Born
- 1807. · Aschaffenburg.
- Died
- 1877. · Munich.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Bavaria.
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Munich.
- Teachers
- Peter von Cornelius.
- Known for
- Das Heidelberger Fass.
- Languages
- German.
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Kaspar Braun (13 August 1807 – 29 October 1877) was a German wood engraver.
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Biography
Kaspar Braun studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Training under Peter von Cornelius is recorded. Christian Ruepprecht, Johann Rehle and Josef Blanz are recorded as having studied under Kaspar Braun. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Works named in the authority record are Das Heidelberger Fass.
• Illustration — Kaspar Braun He was born at Aschaffenburg, first studied painting in the Munich Academy, and then turned his attention to wood engraving, in which he received instruction from Brevières in Paris and Dessauer in Munich, and in this branch of art he made his career. In conjunction with Dessauer, he established a graphic art institute in Munich in 1839. He became associated with Friedrich Schneider in 1843, and established the humorous publication Fliegende Blätter.
Works
Works
Among the numerous works to which he contributed engravings are the following: • Das Nibelungenlied, after the drawings of Schnorr and Neureuther • Volkskalender, with illustrations after Kaulbach and Cornelius • Göttz von Berlichingen • Münchner Bilderbogen
Münchener Bilderbogen No.1 "Der Gockel",
Kaspar Braun · Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg Heidelberger historische Bestände – digital: https: HeidlCON
caption: "Künstler und Redakteure der „Fliegenden Blätter“."
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1807
Kaspar Braun born at Aschaffenburg.
1877
Kaspar Braun died at Munich.
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Aschaffenburg.
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Munich.
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- 1.Bénézit B00025836 .
- 2.Notice de Kaspar Braun. rkd.nl.
- 3.chapitre langue=en titre chapitre=Braun, Kaspar auteurs ouvrage= Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck et Frank Moore Colby titre ouvrage=The New International Encyclopædia année=1905 wikisource=en:The New International Encyclopædia/Braun, Kaspar .
- 4.Petit Dictionnaire encyclopédique Brockhaus-Efron. Brockhaus-Efron. I. 1907.
- 5.Wilhelm Busch. 2008. 978-3-423-34452-4.
- 6.Wilhelm Busch. Kiepenheuer & Witsch. 2007. 978-3-462-03930-6.
- 7.Ich wollt, ich wär ein Eskimo. Aufbau-Verlag. 2007. 978-3-351-02653-0.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- , Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Saur, 1992, vol. 14, p. 5-6.
- Bénézit, Gründ, 1999, vol. 2, p. 755.
- Die Münchner Fliegenden Bll. als Spiegel ihrer Zeit. 1938.
- Rümann. Arthur. Braun, Caspar. Neue Deutsche Biographie. 1955. 555-556. oui.
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