Friedrich Gustav Adolf Neumann (5 June 1825 – 20 November 1884), was a German painter and engraver. Many of his portraits were published in ''
Die Gartenlaube
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'' and the ''
Illustrirte Zeitung
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''. His brother was the
wood engraver
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.
His father worked as a
colorist
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. Although his family was very poor, he gained the approval of
Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Veit Hanns Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld (11 May 1764 – 30 April 1841) was a Germans, German portraitist.
Life
Schnorr was born in Schneeberg, Saxony, Schneeberg, to Councillor and excise inspector in Schneeberg Johann Gottlob Schnorr von ...
, who accepted him as his student at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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. Later, he worked in the studio of
copper engraver Henry Winkles and took lessons from
Carl Werner
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (4 October 1808 – 10 January 1894) was a German watercolor painter.
Biography
Born in Weimar, Werner studied painting under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Leipzig. He switched to studying architecture in Mun ...
and , who became his friend and supported him after his father's death.
Adolf Neumann, from ''Die Gartenlaube''
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He was best known for his portraits, especially those of musicians, including Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...
, Robert Franz
Robert Franz Julius Knauth (28 June 1815 – 24 October 1892) was a German composer, mainly of lieder.
Biography
Franz was born in Halle, Germany, the son of Christoph Franz Knauth. In 1847, Christoph Knauth adopted his middle name Franz as his ...
, and August Wilhelm Ambros
August Wilhelm Ambros (17 November 181628 June 1876) Blom, Eric (2005) ''Everyman's Dictionary of Music'', Kessinger Publishing. p. 15. . was an Austrian music historian, critic and composer of Czech descent.
Life
He was born in Mýto, Rok ...
.
References
* "Neumann, Adolf". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.25: Moehring–Olivié. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1931, pg.410
External links
* "Neumann, Friedrich Gustav Adolph", In: Singer: ''Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon''. Vol.3 (1898), pg.299 ()
19th-century German engravers
1825 births
1884 deaths
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