Bed%C5%99ich Wachsmann

Bedich Wachsmann was a Germanspeaking Czech painter, decorator and architect.

He was born Friedrich Wachsmann and graduated from high school and lower secondary school in his native Litomice. In 1840 he went to the Leipzig Academy of Painting and later in Dresden and Prague. In addition to studies he began making stone portraits and miniatures. In 1848 he moved to Innsbruck, where he painted landscapes for somemonths. His next place of work was Munich, where he became a noted figure on the local art scene and was then was sought after as a teacher, achieving success at exhibitions in Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague. He made a trip to the Tyrol and northern Italy.

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