Johann Gottfried Edmund Koken (4 June 1814, Hanover - 30 October 1872, Hanover) was a German landscape and portrait painter.

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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
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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. There he became friends with August von Kreling. His teachers included Peter von Cornelius,

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and Wilhelm von Kaulbach. He was heavily influenced by

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. In 1841, he returned to Hanover. The following year, he was one of the founders of the . In 1845, he took an extensive trip to Italy, where he met Oswald Achenbach. When he returned, he painted portraits of every Kunstlerverein member, which were published in a two-volume set. In 1851. he married Wilhelmine Louise Meyer, the daughter of a Hanoverian state councilor. Their children included the painter . Other Koken family members who became artists include Edmund's nephew

Gustav Koken Gustav Heinrich Julius Koken (8 August 1850, Hanover - 6 July 1910, Hanover) was a German painter and etcher. He was the nephew of Edmund Koken, a landscape painter, and the father of Änne Koken, a graphic designer.Hugo Thielen: ''Koken, (4) Gusta ...

, father of the graphic designer,

Änne Koken Änne Koken (28 May 1885, Hanover - 19 April 1919, Hanover) was a German artist. In addition to landscapes and still-lifes, she designed stained glass, clothing and decorative book covers. She also worked as a commercial artist, notably for the fir ...

. Hugo Thielen: "Koken, (1) Aenne." In: ''Stadtlexikon Hannover.'' pg.362
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. Among his numerous students may be mentioned: Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, , the son of Goethe's secretary,

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, and the landscape painter Gustav Hausmann.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koken, Edmund 1814 births 1872 deaths German painters German landscape painters Artists from Hanover

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