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Senff
Senff is a German surname. People with the surname include: * Bartholf Senff (1815–1900), German music publisher * Birgit Senff, retired German gymnast * Karl August Senff (1770–1838), Baltic German painter * Nida Senff (1920–1995), Dutch swimmer * Theresa Senff (b. 1982), German road cyclist * Senff (b. 1971), Dutch/Canadian musician and actor {{Surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl August Senff
Karl August Senff (12 March 1770 – ) was a Baltic German painter, engraver and teacher. He is best known for his etchings of famous German and Baltic German military figures in service to the Imperial Russian Army. He served as professor of drawing at the University of Dorpat (now University of Tartu) from its reopening in 1802 until his death in 1838 where he trained some of Estonia's most celebrated artists. Life and work Senff was born in the village of Kreypau, Kingdom of Prussia. The son of Karl Friedrich Senff, a Protestant theologian, he had originally planned to study medicine at Halle but by 1788 had transferred to the Leipzig Academy of Arts to study painting with the German etcher, painter and sculptor Adam Friedrich Oeser. Oeser zealously opposed mannerism in art and was a stout champion of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's advocacy of reform on antique lines. As director of the newly founded academy, he insisted on an aesthetic of austerity in art that was mingl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
