About Robert Reinick
Lived 1805 – 1852 (aged 46). Robert Reinick was a German poet, painter, writer, graphic artist, illustrator and librettist.
Robert Reinick (22 February 1805 – 7 February 1852) was a German painter and poet, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. One of his poems, Dem Vaterland, was set to music by Hugo Wolf and another, The Flight into Egypt was the libretto for a cantata by Max Bruch. He wrote the libretto to Schumann's opera Genoveva.
Reinick was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) and died in Dresden.
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Who was Robert Reinick?
German artist (1805-1852)
When was Robert Reinick born?
Robert Reinick was born on 22 February 1805 in Gdańsk.
When did Robert Reinick die?
Robert Reinick died on 7 February 1852 in Dresden.
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Robert Reinick was a poet, painter, writer, graphic artist, illustrator and librettist.
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Robert Reinick was German.
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