Wilhelm Trautschold

Wilhelm Trautschold
Born (1815-06-02)2 June 1815
Berlin
Died 7 January 1877(1877-01-07) (aged 61)
Munich
Residence
Education Berlin Akademie der Kunste
Occupation Portrait painter
Portrait of Justus von Liebig
Banknote after the above portrait

Wilhelm Trautschold (1815–1877) was a German portrait painter.

Trautschold was born in Berlin on 2 June 1815.[1] He was trained at the Berlin Akademie der Kunste and in Düsseldorf. He lived in London from 1860.[2]

His works are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery,[2] and the Royal Society of Chemistry. One of his paintings of Justus von Liebig was used on a German 100 Reichsmark note in 1935.

He died in Munich on 7 January 1877.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Explore Wilhelm Trautschold". RKD. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Person - Wilhelm Trautschold". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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