Karl Krazeisen
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Karl August Krazeisen (28 October 1794
portraitist
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Biography
Military career
There is no information regarding Krazeisen's childhood. In 1812 he entered the
Under the command of
Siege of the Acropolis and Battle of Phaleron).[4]
On his return to
General of the Infantry
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Artist
Krazeisen was not a professional artist, but having the ability to draw, he used his stay in Greece to create portraits of the heroes of the war, the sketches of camps, costumes, uniforms, battle plans.[5]
He returned to Munich in 1827,[6] published his Greek album, which from 1828 to 1831 was republished seven times.[4] His collection, made from life, represents the main pictorial archive of the personalities of the Greek War of Independence.
Subsequently Krazeisen was honoured by Greece with the Order of the Redeemer.
Gallery
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Ioannis Makrygiannis -
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis -
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Literature
- Hajo Knebel: EberhardKieser, Karl Krazeisen, Eduard Bäumer — drei Künstler aus Kastellaun in der Kunstgeschichte. — In: HunsrückerHeimatblätter. — 1989. p. 338—341. — 1989
- Georg Kaspar Nagler, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon 1839, p. 168
See also
References
- ^ Nachanderen Angabenin Zweibrücken (Georg Kaspar Nagler, Neuesallgemeines Künstler-Lexicon 1839, S. 168)
- ^ Karl Berthold Seewald, Wilhelm von Heideck, p. 46
- ^ That Greece Might Still Be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence — William St Clair
- ^ a b Kathimerini vom 2.Januar 2006: «Greek heroes’ images recorded»
- ^ Δημήτρης Φωτιάδης, Η Επανάσταση του Εικοσιένα, εκδ. ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ 1971, τομ. Δ, σελ. 393, τομ. Γ, σελ 363
- ^ Brigitte Salmern: Johann Michael Wittmer (1802—1880), Leben und Werk, p. 130
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karl Krazeisens Lithografien.
- Information on the Greek parliament website
- Kathimerini article of January 2, 2006: "Greek heroes’ images recorded"
- Ethnos-online of October 14, 2008: "The photographer of the heroes of '21» (in Greek)
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