Friedrich August Schmidt (painter)

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Friedrich August Schmidt (17 July 1795[1] or 1796 – 5 January 1866) was a German lithographer, portrait painter and porcelain designer.[2]

Life[edit]

Friedrich August Schmidt had direct access to the court of the Kingdom of Hanover, with his portraits including one of Crown Prince George, the future George V of Hanover.[2]

Known works[edit]

Hannover[edit]

Berlin[edit]

  • 1837: Major City View from Unter den Linden Street in Berlin, a view from the Alte Wache over the Zeughaus, the Schlossbrücke, the Alte Museum and the Dom; oil on paper, 78 cm × 136 cm[3]

Bibliography (in German)[edit]

  • Helmut Plath: Hannover im Bild der Jahrhunderte, 3., erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, Hannover: Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack & Co., 1966, S. 18–23, 105f.
  • Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath (Hrsg.): Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 / Die Geschichte einer Stadt in zeitgenössischen Bildern von 1500–1900. vierte, verbesserte Auflage, Heinrich Feesche Verlag Hannover, 1977, ISBN 3-87223-024-7, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff. insbesondere S. 141.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Inscription on his gravestone
  2. ^ a b (in German) Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath: Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 …, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff., 141
  3. ^ (in German) Van Ham, commercial auction result