Johann Anton Ramboux

Johann Anton Alban Ramboux (5 October 1790 – 2 October 1866) was a German painter and lithographer.

Life He was born in Trier. His father came from Savoy and his mother was from a famous family of goldsmiths. Christoph Hawich, his drawing teacher at the Bürgerschule (a type of commercial preparatory school) in Trier noted his artistic talent. As a result, in 1803 he received a recommendation to study with Jean-Henri Gilson (1741–1809), a former Benedictine monk who taught art in Florenville.

Work in Cologne In 1843, a curator was needed for the Wallraf Collection (now the Wallraf-Richartz Museum) in Cologne and Ramboux was recommended for the position by Johann Gottfried Schadow. He was appointed and took office in 1844. Ten years later, he was able to make a long-desired pilgrimage to Jerusalem, producing hundreds of watercolors and lithographs along the way. In 1858, he was made the first Honorary Citizen of Trier. He died in 1866 in Cologne.

A street is named after him in the Longerich district of Cologne. Since 1961, the City of Trier has awarded the Ramboux Prize to promote the development of young artists.

Selected writings , Cologne, 1860 (300 pages) , Cologne, 1854 (125 pages)