August Weger
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August Weger, self-Portrait
August Weger (28 July 1823 – 27 May 1892) was a German graphic artist, steel engraver and printer.
Born in Nuremberg, Weger founded a graphic institute in Leipzig in 1840. Weger is still known today for his portraits of famous people such as Matthias Claudius, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Emil Scaria, Robert Schumann, Emil Devrient, Robert Blum and Ludwig Feuerbach.
Weger died in Leipzig at age 68.
Further reading
- (in German) August Weger. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (editors): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 35, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1942, S. 251.
External links
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- Literature by and about August Weger in the German National Library catalogue
- Liste der Werke August Wegers in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
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