Eduard Magnus (1799-1872)


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Name (English): Eduard Magnus
Short name: Eduard Magnus
Year of birth: 1799
Year of death: 1872
Short Description: "Eduard Magnus (January 7, 1799 – August 8, 1872) was a German painter.

Magnus was born in Berlin, the third son of Johann Matthias Magnus, the founder of the Prussian Magnus-Bank. He studied simultaneously at the Prussian Academy of Arts, Bauakademie, and University of Berlin, becoming educated in medicine, architecture, and philosophy. He took to painting, as a student of Jakob Schlesinger, exhibiting for the first time in 1826 with promising results. He later traveled to Paris and Italy, returning to Germany in 1829. He went to Italy again in 1831, and traveled through Paris and England before returning again in 1835. In 1837 he became a member of the Academy of Art, and in 1844 a professor. From 1850 to 1853 he traveled to France and Spain. He died in 1872 in Berlin. He was for a time the preeminent portrait painter in Berlin." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.01.2020)
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