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(b Munich, 5 Feb. 1808; d Munich, 23 Sept. 1885). German painter and illustrator, active in Munich. He began his career as a pharmacist, but he gave this up for art in 1833 when a legacy made him financially independent; he had been interested in art from childhood but had no professional training.
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Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)