Carl August Lebschée (1800–1877) was a German a painter, etcher, and lithographer, born at Schmiegel (modern Śmigiel), Poland. He studied at

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, where his parents settled in 1807. He painted landscapes and architecture in

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and

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s, and designed in the style of different masters. His etchings are executed with great spirit, and he signed with the initials ''C. L.'', or a

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. He died in Munich.

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* 1800 births 1877 deaths People from Śmigiel People from the Province of Posen 19th-century German painters German male painters Burials at the Alter Nordfriedhof (Munich) German etchers 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub