About Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon
Lived 1825 – 1876 (aged 51). Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was a German painter, portrait painter, history painter, genre painter and illustrator.
Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon (1825–1876) was a German painter.
Life Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was born in Halberstadt on 17 January 1825, and was of Huguenot descent. He was a pupil of August Rémy in Berlin, and furthered his studies in Munich (1849–1851) and Rome (1851–1854). He was a painter of religious and historical subjects and portraits. He did paintings for churches. He died in Weimar on 26 October 1876, aged 50.
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Who was Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon?
German painter (1825–1876)
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was born on 17 January 1825 in Halberstadt.
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon died on 26 October 1876 in Weimar.
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was a painter, portrait painter, history painter, genre painter and illustrator.
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was German.
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