Markus Eberhard Emminger (21 October 1808, in

Biberach an der Riß Biberach an der Riß ( Swabian: ''Bibra''), often referred to as simply Biberach (), is a town in southern Germany. It is the capital of Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg. It is called ...

– 27 November 1885, in Biberach an der Riß) was a German

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

and landscape painter.

Life

His father was a glazier. As a student at elementary school, he took art lessons from

Johann Baptist Pflug Johann Baptist Pflug (13 February 1785, Biberach an der Riss - 30 May 1866, Biberach an der Riß) was a German genre painter. Life At the age of twelve, after attending the local elementary school, he became a choirboy at the local monastery w ...

until the age of thirteen. At that time, he was apprenticed to the book publisher

Georg Ebner __NOTOC__ Georg Christoph Albrecht Ebner (11 August 1784, Ludwigsburg - 17 April 1863, Stuttgart) was a German publisher. Biography His father, , was an art publisher. He completed an apprenticeship at a bookstore in Ulm, owned by , then worked ...

in Stuttgart where he received lessons in business, as well as drawing and engraving. He was self-taught as a lithographer and was allowed to work independently, even during his apprenticeship. After that, he became a student of Johann Friedrich Dieterich. During these years he produced many

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

paintings based on sketches by other artists. Thanks to a royal grant, he travelled through Italy for a year, then settled in Munich in 1836, where he spent another year studying at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1837, he passed his final examinations. Although he was now married, he continued to lead a wandering life, travelling throughout the

Rhine Valley ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , source ...

, Southern Germany, Italy and Austria, producing lithographs of all the areas he visited. In 1854, he resettled in Munich. His son and his wife both died in 1873. He remarried shortly thereafter and returned to Stuttgart. He was there for only five years, however, before he moved again; back to his home town of Biberach, where he died from a fit of apoplexy.

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Publications

* ''Landschaftliches Bild der Höhenverhältnisse Württembergs'', nach den neuesten amtlichen Messungen entworfen und hrsg. von H. Braun. Lithographie mit Tonplatte von M. E. Emminger. Fritzschke, München um 1880 * Albert Moll, August Pleibel: ''Die Schwäbische Alb. Eine Schilderung ihrer schönsten und interessantesten Punkte. Mit 19 lithographischen Ansichten von Eb. Emminger, C. Schacher und J. Wölffle''. Ausgaben 1860 und 1865 (Reprinted: Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main, 1976, )

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Untertürkheim: Extensive biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emminger, Eberhard 1808 births 1885 deaths People from Biberach an der Riss Artists from the Kingdom of Württemberg German lithographers Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni

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