August Specht (1 August 1849, Lauffen am Neckar – 26 May 1923,

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) was a German natural history artist and painter. He was a pupil of Heinrich Läpple and

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. In 1898 he published ''Specht's Tierbilder-Buch'' with descriptions in verse of the depicted animals. Like his brother Friedrich Specht, he also produced illustrations of animals and landscapes for a number of publications, such as ''

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''. Specht's brothers were the wood engraver Carl Gottlob Specht and the animal painter and illustrator Friedrich Specht.Auktionshaus Michael Zeller
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Specht, August 19th-century German painters German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 1849 births 1923 deaths 19th-century German male artists