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1873 Unruhstadt, Germany - 1943 Schwiebus, Germany. Known for: Expressive paintings of still-life, landscape, religious crowd gatherings, graphics.
Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer. Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married... Read full biography
Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer. Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married couple Johanna Karoline (née Neumann) and Ernst Johann Blanke. After his school days he was trained... Read full biography
Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer. Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married couple Johanna Karoline (née Neumann) and Ernst Johann Blanke. After his school days he was trained as a decorative painter by his eldest brother Ernst. After completing his apprenticeship in 1890, he went to Berlin to initially work in his profession. From 1892 to 1894 he undertook a two-year study... Read full biography
Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer. Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married couple Johanna Karoline (née Neumann) and Ernst Johann Blanke. After his school days he was trained as a decorative painter by his eldest brother Ernst. After completing his apprenticeship in 1890, he went to Berlin to initially work in his profession. From 1892 to 1894 he undertook a two-year study tour through Europe's art metropolises as far as Italy. Then he settled in Steglitz near Berlin and tried to gain recognition as a painter autodidactically. In March 1901 he married Anna Graf, the eldest daughter of the painter and court photographer... Read full biography
Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer. Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married couple Johanna Karoline (née Neumann) and Ernst Johann Blanke. After his school days he was trained as a decorative painter by his eldest brother Ernst. After completing his apprenticeship in 1890, he went to Berlin to initially work in his profession. From 1892 to 1894 he undertook a two-year study tour through Europe's art metropolises as far as Italy. Then he settled in Steglitz near Berlin and tried to gain recognition as a painter autodidactically. In March 1901 he married Anna Graf, the eldest daughter of the painter and court photographer Heinrich Graf, and in December 1901 their son Heinz (Henry) was born. At the beginning of his career Wilhelm Blanke was still cau... Read full biography
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Wilhelm Blanke (born March 11, 1873 in Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, † April 16, 1936 in Schwiebus) was a German painter and lithographer.
Wilhelm Blanke was born as the sixth child of the married couple Johanna Karoline (née Neumann) and Ernst Johann Blanke. After his school days he was trained as a decorative painter by his eldest brother Ernst. After completing his apprenticeship in 1890, he went to Berlin to initially work in his profession. From 1892 to 1894 he undertook a two-year study tour through Europe's art metropolises as far as Italy. Then he settled in Steglitz near Berlin and tried to gain recognition as a painter autodidactically.
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