Alexander Richard Wilhelm
Marx

* c. 1815 Nuremberg-St. Peter – † February 23, 1851 Nuremberg. Son of Johann Wilhelm, pewterer. ∞ July 17, 1842 Anna Barbara (* c. 1820), daughter of Franz Wolfgang Rorich, children. From 1830 to 1833, he studied at the art school and with Friedrich Geißler. He primarily engraved landscapes and vedutas of Nuremberg and Franconia. In 1843, he lived at L. 992 (Kornmarkt 17) and in 1850 at St. Johannis No. 111 (Neutorgraben 11). He died of mental derangement. Works: Friedrich Mayer: "Picturesque Walk through the Pegnitz Valley," with 24 steel engravings, drawn and engraved from life by Alexander Richard Wilhelm Marx, Nuremberg 1844; "Picturesque Views of the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal," drawn, engraved on steel, and published by Alexander Marx, copperplate engraver in Nuremberg, 1845 and 1852. MuS: NUREMBERG, MStN. –, GNM. References: Thieme-Becker; Nagler, KL; Schornsches Kunstblatt 1845, pp. 279 and 1846, p. 151; Rettberg, 1846; Gürsching, in: MVGN 40, 1949, p. 226; Sitzmann, 1983, pp. 359, 657. Exh.: 1830/1; 1833/1; 1964/10; 1965/24; 1971/8, No. 24; 1972/5, No. 82; 1972/6; 1991/1. (quoted from the Nuremberg Artists' Encyclopedia, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)Feedback geben