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Albert Kretschmer

German painter (1825–1891)

Summary

German painter (1825–1891)

Field	Value
name	Albert Kretschmer
birth_date
birth_place	Schweidnitz, Silesia Province, Prussia (now Świdnica Poland)
death_date
death_place	Berlin, German Empire (now Germany)
field	Painting, costume design
training	Carl Joseph Begas, Akademie der Künste

Albert Kretschmer (27 February 1825 – 11 July 1891) was a German professor, painter, costumes researcher and chairman of Schauspielhaus Berlin.

Life and work

Kretschmer moved to Berlin in 1842 and studied under Professor Carl Joseph Begas at the Prussian Academy of Arts. He lived in Friedrichstadt, Behrenstraße 8 and was father of historic geographer Konrad Kretschmer and Indo-European linguist Paul Kretschmer.

Kretschmer was renowned for his detailed drawings, watercolor paintings and lithographs and their appearance in publications on German and international Tracht as well as historic fashion.

Furthermore, Kretschmer worked as a costume designer at Schauspielhaus Berlin until 1889.

Selected works

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Gallery

File:Schlesische_Tracht_aus_Czarnowanz.jpg|Silesian Tracht File:A Kretschmer - Sorbinnen aus dem Spreewald.jpg| Prussian Tracht File:Ancient Times, Egyptian. - 001 - Costumes of All Nations (1882).JPG|Antique Egyptian Tracht File:1600, German - 084 - Costumes of All Nations (1882).JPG|German Fashion 17th century File:1700-1750, French. - 097 - Costumes of All Nations (1882).JPG|French Fashion 1750 - 1800

References

[https://archive.today/20120716051539/http://adressbuch.zlb.de/viewAdressbuch.php?CatalogName=adre2007&ImgId=2151&intImgCount=-22&CatalogCategory=adress&Counter=&CatalogLayer=3 Berliner Adressbuch von 1820]

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