Ferdinand Fellner (

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

, 1799) was a German painter, illustrator and graphic artist. After receiving a high-class education he went to Munich to study art, and remained there from 1825 to 1831, but later on he established himself at Stuttgart and published a number of illustrations. As a painter his works are less meritorious. He died at Stuttgart in 1859. Some of the most remarkable of his designs for books are: *The illustrations of ''

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''. *Sixteen illustrations of ''

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''. *The illustrations of ''

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''. *Five illustrations of ''

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''. *Illustrations of ''Wallenstein'', ''The Maid of Orleans'', ''Macbeth'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', Burger's ''Lenore'', ''Oberon'', ''Robert'', ''Gudrun'', &c. Among his paintings are the following: *Burgberg. Church. ''The Holy Family'' (partly painted by Pilgram). *Frankfort. Emperor's Saloon. ''Conrad I'' and ''Frederic the Beautiful''.

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* 1799 births 1859 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters German illustrators Artists from Frankfurt {{Germany-painter-stub

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