Gustav Kraus (1804 – 1852)

AR 48510

Isartor

„Isarthor“

View of the Isartor at the Isartorplatz in Munich, one of four main gates of the medieval city wall, constructed in 1337, after it had been re-constructed by Friedrich von Gärtner in 1833/34.

Orig. coloured chalk lithograph by Gustav Kraus, published by Lindauer, Munich about 1835, size of the view: 12,8 x 18 cm.

Mounted on a page of an album, with a golden border.

Pressler, Gustav Kraus, p 88, No 73.

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Gustav Kraus (1804 – 1852)

Gustav Wilhelm Kraus (1804 Passau - Munich 1852; draughtsman, lithographer and publisher in Munich) studied under Wilhelm von Kobell at the academy of arts in Munich. 1836 he founded his own publishing house in Munich. He is well known in Bavaria as a chronicler of the Bavarian life during the reign of Ludwig I. (1825-1848) and became famous for his pictures of traditional costumes and for his views of Bavaria.

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