Christian Friedrich Tieck
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Christian Friedrich Tieck (14 August 1776 – 24 May 1851), often known only as Friedrich Tieck, was a German
Biography
Tieck was born in Berlin, the third child of a rope-maker living on Rossstrasse (now called Fischerinsel). He was educated at the Friedrichswerder High School in Berlin. In 1789 he began an apprenticeship as a sculptor under Heinrich Bettkober.
From 1795 he was then further trained in sculpture at the Prussian Academy of Art in Berlin under the highly eminent sculptor,
Based on a concept by Schinkel, Tieck created the tomb of General
Tieck was one of the principal representatives of the school founded by Rauch. His technique, however, was less naturalistic than that of Rauch, and smoother and more detailed in execution.
He died in Berlin in 1851.
Family
He was brother of Ludwig Tieck and Sophie Tieck.
He married only briefly in 1846 to Marie Caroline Louise Paetsch. The marriage was seen as scandalous as he was 70 and his bride was only 20. However, the marriage seems to have been largely a "marriage of convenience" on his part, as he sought a large dowry and further aid to pay his growing debts. Her parents got the marriage annulled after a few months.
Gallery
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Tomb of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst
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Statue of King Frederick William II of Prussia in Neuruppin
Sources
- Wilhelm Bernhardi (1894), "Tieck, Christian Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 38, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 247–251
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Media related to Christian Friedrich Tieck at Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Friedrich Tieck in the German National Library catalogue