Vogel, Christian Leberecht |
PAINTER, DRAFTSMAN, ART THEORIST (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) |
BORN 6 Apr 1759, Dresden, Sachsen - DIED 11 Apr 1816, Dresden, Sachsen GRAVE LOCATION Dresden, Sachsen: Trinitatisfriedhof, Fiedlerstraße 1, Johannstadt-Nord (I A) |
Christian Leberecht Vogel was the son of a court saddler at the Saxon court. His talent became clear at an early age and the painter Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737-1806) became his teacher at the Art Academy in Dresden. In 1780 he was employed in Wildenfels as court painter and as educator of the children of Magnus I, Count of Solms-Wildenfels. In 1785 he married the chambermaid Wilhelmine Lüdecke. Their son Carl Christian (1788-1868) became a painter as well. Vogel specialised in portraits of children. In 1804 he returned to Dresden where he obtained a teachership at the academy. In 1814 he became a full professor. He died in Dresden in 1816. Family Son: Vogel von Vogelstein, Carl Christian Related persons was teacher of Seidler, Louise |
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Sources Folder over het Trinitatisfriedhof te Dresden Christian Leberecht Vogel - Wikipedia |