Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon
Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon (1825–1876) was a German painter.
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon
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- Born
- 1825 · Halberstadt.
- Died
- 1876 · Weimar.
- Nationality
- Germany · Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Munich · Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages
- German
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was born in Halberstadt on 17 January 1825, and was of Huguenot descent. He was a pupil of August Rémy in Berlin, and furthered his studies in Munich (1849–1851) and Rome (1851–1854). He was a painter of religious and historical subjects and portraits. He did paintings for churches. He died in Weimar on 26 October 1876, aged 50.
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• Illustration — Mädchen aus Cerbera (1861) • Illustration — Kleine Maiglöckchenverkäuferin (1871) • Illustration — Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung, no. 1557 (3 May 1873) • Illustration — Die Gartenlaube (1873) • Illustration — Die Gartenlaube (1878) • Illustration — Rastendes Bauernmädchen (1875) • Illustration — Imogen (1872)
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1825
Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was born on 17 January 1825.
1876
Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon died on 26 October 1876.
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Halberstadt.
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What Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon did, and where. Souchon worked at Leipzig. Souchon worked at Berlin. Souchon worked at Munich. Souchon worked at Weimar. Recorded as having studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Berlin University of the Arts.
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