Friedrich August Elsasser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Friedrich August Elsasser
- Friedrich August Elsasser (1810-1845), a painter of landscapes and architectural views, was born at Berlin and studied at the Academy of that city under Blechen, whose influence on art was at that time very great.
- In 1831 he went to Italy, and in 1834 and 1835 he visited Sicily. Among his choicest works are: The Forest of Calabria, The Interior of a Church at Palermo, A View of the Ruins at Rome, etc.
- The King of Prussia sent him the Order of the Red Eagle, and granted him a pension for life, which he did not long enjoy, as he died at Rome in 1845.
- His brothers, Heinrich and Julius Elsasser, were also landscape painters.
- The latter was born at Berlin in 1816, and died at Rome in 1859.
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