Wilhelm Trautschold

Wilhelm Trautschold (1815–1877) was a German portrait painter.

Wilhelm Trautschold
Born(1815-06-02)2 June 1815
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died7 January 1877(1877-01-07) (aged 61)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
EducationBerlin Akademie der Kunste
OccupationPortrait painter
RelativesHermann Trautschold

Trautschold was born in Berlin on 2 June 1815.[1] He was trained at the Berlin Akademie der Kunste and in Düsseldorf. He lived in London from 1860.[2]

His works are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery,[2] and the Royal Society of Chemistry. One of his paintings of Justus von Liebig was used on a German 100 Reichsmark note in 1935.

He died in Munich on 7 January 1877.[1] He was brother of paleontologist Hermann Trautschold.

Portrait of Justus von Liebig
Banknote after the above portrait of Justus von Liebig
Trautschold liebig laboratorium (1841)

References

  1. "Explore Wilhelm Trautschold". RKD. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. "Person - Wilhelm Trautschold". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External references

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