Hermann Lungkwitz

Hermann Lungkwitz
Hermann Lungkwitz: by Friedrich Richard Petri, ca. 1851, oil (23.75 x 20 in.), collection of the Governor’s Mansion, Austin, Texas, USA
Born
Karl Friedrich Hermann Lungkwitz

(1813-03-14)March 14, 1813
Halle, Prussia (now Saxony-Anhalt)
DiedFebruary 10, 1891(1891-02-10) (aged 77)
Austin, Texas
NationalityGerman American
EducationDresden Academy of Fine Arts
Known forRomantic landscapes
Photography

Hermann Lungkwitz (March 14, 1813 – February 10, 1891) was a 19th-century German-born Texas romantic landscape artist and photographer whose work became the first pictorial record of the Texas Hill Country.[1]

  1. ^ "Hermann Lungkwitz Romantic Landscapist". The Alcalde. Hooked on Books: 14. July–August 1984.