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Windisch (surname)
Windisch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Windisch (1878–1967) German painter and typographer *Alois Windisch (1888–1958), Austrian military officer *Erich Windisch (1918–2007), German ski jumper *Ernst Windisch (1844–1918), German scholar, linguist and Celticist * Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (1725–1793), Mayor of Pressburg, historian and writer * Markus Windisch (born 1984), Italian biathlete *Rudolf Windisch (1897–1918), World War I fighter ace * Veronika Windisch (born 1982), Austrian speed skater See also *Windisch-Graetz The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian-Slovenian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieve ..., a princely family in the Austrian Empire {{surname, Windisch German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Windisch
Albert Windisch (17 May 1878 – 1 April 1967) was a German painter, Academy Professor and typographer. Windisch was successful as a painter and as a typographer as well. As a painter, he preferred urban scenes and portraits and after 1945 mainly floral motifs. For Klingspor he designed in 1917 the ''Windisch cursive'' font, later he worked for the Stempel foundry. Life Albert was born in Friedberg, Hesse, as a son of the bakery owner Georg Windisch Windisch who supplied the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Tsar's family during their stays in Germany. The residential and commercial building in Usagasse 14 in Friedberg hosts a bakery until today. Windisch first visited the Royal School of Art in Berlin, then he studied at the Academy of Arts, Berlin and from 1901 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. From 1905 he taught commercial art at the School of Applied Arts in Frankfurt and was in contact with the art historian Fritz Wichert, their correspondence is preserved. With Wichert h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |