Johann Leonhard Raab (29 March 1825 in

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2 April 1899 in

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) was a German printmaker and painter.Hyacinth Holland: ''Raab, Johann Leonhard''
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Life

After receiving his basic education in public schools in

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, he attended the

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there. Although he began as a painter, he was soon attracted to engraving and began formal studies with

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. At first, he concentrated on small plates for book publishers but, even then, his mature pictorial style became apparent. Eventually, in 1866, on the recommendation of Julius Thaeter (1804–1870), he was appointed to succeed the latter as Professor of Engraving at the

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. He retired in 1895 and, with three of his friends, opened a painting studio. Raab's works can be found in several museums, including the

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in Munich. His daughter Doris Raab was born in Nuremberg in 1851 and she became his pupil exhibiting in France and Germany. Doris Raab exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois.

References

Sources

* Hyacinth Holland: Raab, Johann Leonhard. In:

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(ADB). Vol. 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, S. 181 f. * Friedrich Pecht
"Verzeichnis der Abbildungen"
in: ''Schiller-Galerie. Charaktere aus Schillers Werken. Gezeichnet von Friedrich Pecht und Arthur von Ramberg, Fünfzig Blätter in Stahlstich mit erläuterndem Texte von Friedrich Pecht'', F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1859; online at

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. * Friedrich Pecht: ''Goethe-Galeri
Charaktere aus Goethes Werken. Gezeichnet von Friedrich Pecht und Arthur von Ramberg
', ''Fünfzig Blätter in Stahlstich mit erläuterndem Texte von Friedrich Pecht'', Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1864; {{DEFAULTSORT:Raab, Johann Leonhard 1825 births 1899 deaths Artists from Nuremberg 19th-century German engravers 19th-century German etchers Artists from the Kingdom of Bavaria