Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon

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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon (1825–1876) was a German painter.

Life[edit]

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).[1] 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.[2]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beyer, et al., eds. 2021.
  2. ^ Benezit 2011.

Sources[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Giesecke, Albert (1937). "Souchon, Wilhelm Ferdinand". In Vollmer, Hans (ed.). Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 31: Siemering–Stephens. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, p. 307.
  • Müller, Hermann Alexander; Klunzinger, Karl; Seubert, Adolf, eds. (1864). "Souchon, Wilhelm Ferdinand". In Die Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Vol. 3: M–Z. Stuttgart: Ebner & Seubert. p. 570.
  • Müller, Hermann Alexander (1882). "Souchon, Wilhelm Ferdinand". In Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon. Leipzig: Bibliographischen Instituts. p. 498.
  • Müller, Hermann Alexander; Singer, Hans Wolfgang, eds. (1921). "Souchon, Wilhelm Ferdinand". In Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon. Leben und Werke der berühmtesten bildenden Künstler. 5th ed. Vol. 4: Raab–Vezzo. Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening. p. 311.