Wilhelm Dreesen
Illustration — Self portrait, 1869 • Illustration — Self portrait, 1894 Wilhelm Anton Georg Dreesen (31 March 1840, Rendsburg – 18 December 1926, Flensburg) was a German-Danish photographer. He was involved with the Künstlerkolonie Ekensund. Many of his works were lost in the bombing of Hamburg during World War II.
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Wilhelm Dreesen
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- Born
- 1840 · Rendsburg.
- Died
- 1926 · Flensburg.
- Nationality
- Germany · Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- photographer · swimming instructor · trumpeter · artist
- Honours
- court photographer
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Self portrait, 1869 • Illustration — Self portrait, 1894 Wilhelm Anton Georg Dreesen (31 March 1840, Rendsburg – 18 December 1926, Flensburg) was a German-Danish photographer. He was involved with the Künstlerkolonie Ekensund. Many of his works were lost in the bombing of Hamburg during World War II.
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The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Flensburg, Kiel and Kappeln. Work by Wilhelm Dreesen is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Kunstbibliothek Berlin. Distinctions recorded are court photographer.
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1840
Wilhelm Dreesen was born in 1840 at Rendsburg.
1926
Wilhelm Dreesen died in 1926 at Flensburg.
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- 1.Jürgen Jensen: Schleswig-Holstein zur Kaiserzeit. Stadt und Land um 1900 auf Fotos von Wilhelm Dreesen. Karl Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982, ISBN 3-529-02669-7, Seite 7 & folgende
- 2.Kalender 2022 Discovering Dreesen, Museumsberg Flensburg
- 3.Kurze zeitgemäße Schilderung in: Charles Scolik (Hrsg.): Photographische Rundschau, 5. Jg., Wilhelm Knapp, Halle/S., 1891, S. 191–192 (ad XIII:).
- 4.Discovering Dreesen. Fotograf, Globetrotter, Influencer
- 5.Preiszuerkennung bei der Pariser Weltaussteilung 1900. In: Photographische Korrespondenz. 1900, S. 574
- 6.Dieter Pust: Wilhelm-Dreesen-Bogen. In: Ders.: Flensburger Straßennamen. Gesellschaft für Flensburger Stadtgeschichte, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1, S. 203.
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