Bedřich Wachsmann (24 May 1820 – 27 February 1897) was a German-speaking

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painter, decorator and architect. His grandnephews were

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and

Alois Wachsman Alois Wachsman (14 May 1898, in Prague – 16 May 1942, in Jičín) was a Czech painter, stage designer and architect. Life He stems from an artist family. His granduncle was Bedřich Wachsmann and his cousin was Jiří Voskovec. From 19 ...

. He was born Friedrich Wachsmann and graduated from high school and lower secondary school in his native

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. In 1840 he went to the Leipzig Academy of Painting and later in

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and

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. In addition to studies he began making stone portraits and miniatures. In 1848 he moved to Innsbruck, where he painted landscapes for some 18 months. His next place of work was Munich, where he became a noted figure on the local art scene and was then sought after as a teacher, achieving success at exhibitions in Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague. He made a trip to the Tyrol and northern Italy. In the autumn of 1854 he returned to Prague. He painted watercolors and oil paintings, ornaments and drew designs for monuments. He was responsible for the reconstruction of the Cross Chapel at

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, internal changes in the Romanesque style (1868–69), renovation of the chapel at Archbishop's residence in Prague, illustrations in journals such as ''

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'' (after 1867) and ''

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'' (after 1884), other artwork in magazines and travelogues and an encyclopedic guide to Bohemia.

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