About Friedrich August Krubsacius
Lived 1718 – 1789 (aged 71). Friedrich August Krubsacius was a German architect, university teacher, art historian, landscape architect and general contractor.
Friedrich August Krubsacius (21 March 1718 - 28 November 1789) was a German architect, teacher, and architectural theoretician.
He was born at Dresden. In 1755 he was made court architect to the Electorate of Saxony, in 1764 professor of architecture at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and in 1776 chief architect of Saxony.
The work of Krubascius include palaces for Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe, and the Landhaus of Dresden, completed in 1776 and now housing the Dresden City Museum. Among his students were Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer and Christian Friedrich Schuricht.
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German architect
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Friedrich August Krubsacius was born on 21 March 1718 in Dresden.
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Friedrich August Krubsacius died on 28 November 1789 in Dresden.
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Friedrich August Krubsacius was an architect, university teacher, art historian, landscape architect and general contractor.
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