Edmund Koken
Johann Gottfried Edmund Koken (4 June 1814, Hanover - 30 October 1872, Hanover) was a German landscape and portrait painter. Biography He was born to Edmund Burchard Theophilus Koken, a professional soldier with twenty-two years of service, and his second wife, Ilsa Maria née Nieren. His first wife had died in childbirth. After his death in 1832, Ilsa became a laundress for the royal family, to support Edmund and his eight siblings.Dirk Töllner: "Edmund Koken", In: Katrin Umbach (Ed.): ''Edmund, Gustav & Paul Koken. Von Sehnsucht und Erfolg einer Malerfamilie'', Historisches Museum Hannover, Hannover, 2004 Online Thanks to his mother's position, he was able to attend the , followed by training at a trade school. In 1837, he went to Munich to continue his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Academy of Fine Arts. There he became friends with August von Kreling. His teachers included Peter von Cornelius, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Wilhelm von Kaulbach. He was heav ...
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