Friedrich Hohe (1802 – 7 June 1870) was a German

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and painter. Born in Bayreuth, Bavaria, in 1802, his first painting teacher was his father, who was himself a painter. In 1820 he entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (also known as the Munich Academy). Thereafter, from 1823 till near the end of his life, he devoted himself to lithography.. In 1826 Hohe visited Italy with landscape painter Carl Rottmann. Two years later, he undertook publication of the ''

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Gallery'' (1831), and subsequently collaborated with Hanfstängl in the production of the ''

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Gallery'' (1864–1869). 1870-06-08 Neueste Nachrichten p15 bsb10541702 00911 Todesanzeige Friedrich Hohe

Late in life, Hohe attempted

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but was not very successful in it. He died in

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on 7 June 1870. Hohe's older brother Nikolaus Christian Hohe (1798–1868) was also a painter.

Works

Notable works by Hohe include ''The Entry of King Otho into

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'' (after Peter Hess); ''Neue Maler Werke aus München'' (''Works of New Painters from Munich'', ''c.'' 1841),. a collection of lithographs of selected paintings of living artists in Munich; illustrations of German classical

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s and romances with A. Brügger; and ''The Old Stag'', a series of 12 plates.

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References

*. (The complete work consists of five volumes and was published between 1903 and 1905.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hohe, Friedrich 1802 births 1870 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni German lithographers German landscape painters People from Bayreuth Artists from Munich