Albrecht Bräuer (1830 - 1897)

Albrecht Bräuer

Albrecht Peter Bräuer was a German painter and draftsman, from 1860 a teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Breslau. Paintings for various places of worship, Bräuer soon made a name for himself as a church and history painter. In addition to this painting, he produced materials for art classes, such as templates for drawing classes, an ornamental work with 40 lithographs, which won a gold medal at a Berlin exhibition in 1878. He also copied works by old masters. He also engaged in experiments on dyes and art-theoretical research on perspective, anatomy and proportions. In addition, he collected engravings and drawings depicting garments, art objects from different times and cultures, as well as folders with ornamental, plant, perspective and anatomical studies for his studio at the art school.