Friedrich August Schmidt (painter)
Friedrich August Schmidt (17 July 1795[1] or 1796 – 5 January 1866) was a German lithographer, portrait painter and porcelain designer.[2]
Life
[edit]Friedrich August Schmidt had direct access to the court of the Kingdom of Hanover, with his portraits including one of Crown Prince George, the future George V of Hanover.[2]
Known works
[edit]Hannover
[edit]Berlin
[edit]- 1837: Major City View from Unter den Linden Street in Berlin, a view from the Alte Wache over the Zeughaus, the Schlossbrücke, the Alte Museum and the Dom; oil on paper, 78 cm × 136 cm[3]
Bibliography (in German)
[edit]- Helmut Plath: Hannover im Bild der Jahrhunderte, 3., erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, Hannover: Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack & Co., 1966, S. 18–23, 105f.
- Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath (Hrsg.): Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 / Die Geschichte einer Stadt in zeitgenössischen Bildern von 1500–1900. vierte, verbesserte Auflage, Heinrich Feesche Verlag Hannover, 1977, ISBN 3-87223-024-7, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff. insbesondere S. 141.
References
[edit]- ^ Inscription on his gravestone
- ^ a b (in German) Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath: Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 …, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff., 141
- ^ (in German) Van Ham Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, commercial auction result
