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Erich Correns (artist)

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German painter and lithographer

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Duchess Helene in Bavaria, 1859

Erich Correns (1821–1877) was a German portrait painter and lithographer.

Life

Correns was born at Cologne in 1821, and after studying jurisprudence at Bonn, went to the Academy at Munich, and became an accomplished portrait painter and lithographer. He was well known for the elegance of his portraits, his subjects including King Maximilian of Bavaria and his consort Queen Maria.

He died at Munich in 1877.

The botanist and geneticist Karl Erich Correns was his son.

  • Fishing house at the shore of the Gebirgssee, 1859 Fishing house at the shore of the Gebirgssee, 1859
  • Southern belle, ca. 1850 Southern belle, ca. 1850
  • Johann Petzmayer, Austrian zither player and composer, lithograph from 1849 Johann Petzmayer, Austrian zither player and composer, lithograph from 1849

See also

References

  1. ^ Bryan 1886.
  2. Daintith, John (1994). Biographical encyclopedia of scientists (2. ed.). Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 9780750302876. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

Sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Correns, Erich". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.


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