Anton Robert Leinweber - Souk des étoffes, Tunis

Anton Robert Leinweber (7 February 1845, Böhmisch Leipa – 21 December 1921,

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) was a

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painter and illustrator; known for his Orientalist and Biblical scenes.

Biography

His father was a secondary-school teacher. After completing his local education, he went to Prague and Vienna to study engineering, but never completed his courses. While in Vienna, he became a member of the , but was expelled for unknown reasons in 1864. After this period, he went to the

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, to study painting; followed by studies in Prague and at the

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, where his principal instructor was

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. He spent many years in North Africa; primarily Tunisia. Together with

Philipp Grot Johann Philipp Grot Johann (also Philipp Grotjohann) (27 June 1841 in Stettin (Szczecin) – 26 October 1892 in Düsseldorf) was one of the most prominent German illustrators of his time. He illustrated numerous editions of world-class literature b ...

and Hermann Vogel, he created illustrations for ''

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''. He also produced illustrations for a deluxe edition of the Bible.

Sources

* Helge Dvorak: ''Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft.'' Vol. II: ''Künstler.'' Winter, Heidelberg 2018, , pgs.446–447
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