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102: 25: 90: 284: 195:, a scientific society, for which he drew minerals and other natural objects. Not long after, he became the academy's Director, a position he held for the rest of his life. In 1813, he made several paintings and engravings of the 184:
Westermayr was named a professor at the Hanau Academy in 1806. The old city gates were demolished that year, and his drawings provide the only visual record of them. In 1808, he became a member of the
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Westermayr died in 1834, at the age of sixty-nine. He and Henriette had no children. Over 500 of his plates have been preserved at the
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in 1795, to further his skills in landscape painting. In 1800, he returned to Weimar and married
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Despite these activities, his focus was on promoting his students, one of which was
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His father, Daniel Jacob Westermayr (1734–1788), was a
124:. He learned the craft from him, while attending the 105:The Steinheimer Tower in Hanau, during demolition 46:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 181:, an artist who had also worked for Bertuch. 147:. His first oil paintings were copies of the 8: 77:Learn how and when to remove this message 100: 88: 271:Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte 7: 252:Sommersemester 1994, pp. 22–25 260:Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon 154:After 1791, Westermayr studied in 14: 334:18th-century German male artists 282: 23: 246:Semper lustig. Nunquam traurig 237:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 1: 329:18th-century German engravers 258:, "Westermayr, Conrad", In: 158:, with the copper engraver, 93:Conrad Westermayr (1817); by 230:Wilhelm Grotefend (1897), " 16:German painter and engraver 350: 186:Wetterauische Gesellschaft 145:Johann Heinrich Tischbein 164:Friedrich Justin Bertuch 32:This article includes a 211:Hanau Historical Museum 204:Moritz Daniel Oppenheim 96:Moritz Daniel Oppenheim 61:more precise citations. 250:Alma Mater Philippina. 137:Kunsthochschule Kassel 106: 98: 291:at Wikimedia Commons 273:, 1996, pp. 2–34 126:State Drawing Academy 104: 92: 160:Johann Heinrich Lips 319:German illustrators 256:Georg Kaspar Nagler 232:Westermayr, Konrad 172:Henriette Stötzer 107: 99: 34:list of references 324:People from Hanau 289:Conrad Westermayr 287:Media related to 110:Conrad Westermayr 87: 86: 79: 341: 286: 241: 219: 194: 180: 141:Tischbein family 134: 82: 75: 71: 68: 62: 57:this article by 48:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 349: 348: 344: 343: 342: 340: 339: 338: 314:German painters 294: 293: 280: 244:Norbert Nail: " 229: 226: 213: 197:Battle of Hanau 188: 174: 128: 118: 94: 83: 72: 66: 63: 52: 38:related reading 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 347: 345: 337: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 296: 295: 279: 278:External links 276: 275: 274: 267: 253: 242: 225: 222: 143:; most likely 117: 114: 85: 84: 42:external links 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 346: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 301: 299: 292: 290: 285: 277: 272: 268: 265: 261: 257: 254: 251: 247: 243: 239: 238: 233: 228: 227: 223: 221: 217: 212: 207: 205: 200: 198: 192: 187: 182: 178: 173: 169: 166:. He went to 165: 161: 157: 152: 150: 146: 142: 138: 132: 127: 123: 116:Life and work 115: 113: 111: 103: 97: 91: 81: 78: 70: 60: 56: 50: 49: 43: 39: 35: 30: 21: 20: 281: 270: 259: 249: 245: 235: 208: 201: 183: 153: 119: 109: 108: 73: 64: 53:Please help 45: 309:1834 deaths 304:1765 births 214: [ 189: [ 175: [ 149:Old Masters 129: [ 67:August 2022 59:introducing 298:Categories 122:goldsmith 224:Sources 168:Dresden 55:improve 264:Online 156:Weimar 218:] 193:] 179:] 133:] 40:, or 234:", 300:: 220:. 216:de 199:. 191:de 177:de 151:. 131:de 44:, 36:, 266:) 80:) 74:( 69:) 65:( 51:.

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State Drawing Academy
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Kunsthochschule Kassel
Tischbein family
Johann Heinrich Tischbein
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Johann Heinrich Lips
Friedrich Justin Bertuch
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Wetterauische Gesellschaft
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Battle of Hanau
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Westermayr, Konrad

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