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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Eduard Magnus
- 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. Eduard Magnus was the elder brother of the physicist and chemist Heinrich Gustav Magnus.
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| Alternative names | Leopold Eduard Magnus; magnus | ||
| Description | German painter and university teacher | ||
| Date of birth/death | 7 January 1799 | 8 August 1872 | |
| Location of birth/death | Berlin | Berlin | |
| Work period | between circa 1826 and circa 1872 | ||
| Work location | Berlin (circa 1826 ), Italy, France, Berlin (1835-1872) | ||
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