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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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