Johann Leonhard Raab ( Unterschwaningen 29 March 1825 – 2 April 1899

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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 Academy of Fine Arts 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 Alte Pinakothek 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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References

Sources

* Hyacinth Holland: Raab, Johann Leonhard. In:

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...

(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 German engravers Artists from Nuremberg German etchers