Ludwig Burger
Illustration — Drawing by Ludwig Burger from around 1880: "Ausstellung am Pranger 'Kaken' auf der Gerichtslaube in Berlin (1380)” Ludwig Burger (19 September 1825 – 22 October 1884) was a German historical painter, illustrator and medalist.
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Ludwig Burger
Verein Berliner Künstler, gegr. 19. Mai 1841. Festschrift zur Feier seines fünfzigjährigen Bestehens, 19. Mai 1891. Ruthardt, Berlin 1891, S. 20 · Public domain
- Born
- 1825. · Kraków.
- Died
- 1884. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia.
- Education
- Academy of Arts and Berlin.
- Teachers
- Thomas Couture.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Drawing by Ludwig Burger from around 1880: "Ausstellung am Pranger 'Kaken' auf der Gerichtslaube in Berlin (1380)” Ludwig Burger (19 September 1825 – 22 October 1884) was a German historical painter, illustrator and medalist.
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Ludwig Burger studied at Academy of Arts, Berlin. Training under Thomas Couture is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting, lithography and illustration. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Work by Ludwig Burger is recorded in the collections of Huis van het boek.
Burger was born on 19 September 1825 in Kraków. He studied at the Berlin Art Academy, at the same time working at book illustrating; he was also a pupil of Thomas Couture in Paris. Among his best drawings are the illustrations for the works of La Fontaine and a collection of 20 plates known as Die Kanone. After 1869, he devoted himself to decorative painting, his most important work in this line being the walls and ceilings in the Berlin City Hall (1870) and the colossal figures symbolizing the warlike virtues at the School of Cadets at Lichterfelde (1878). He died on 22 October 1884 in Berlin.
Ludwig Burger - Buring one of the Galizian estates during the Greater Poland Uprising of 1846
Ludwig Burger · Illustrierte Weltgeschichte für das Volk. Geschichte des Neuesten Zeit, von Berthold Volz. Volume II, 1884. Onlineː
Battle of Trautenau - fight for the Kapellenberg, 27 June 1866
Ludwig Burger · FONTANE, Theodor: Der deutsche Krieg von 1866. Band 1, Der Feldzug in Böhmen und Mähren. Illustratrationen von Ludwig Burger. Berlin: Verlag der königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1871. Onlin
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- 1.Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Spink & Son Ltd. VII. 140. 1923.
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