Adolf Neumann

{{Short description|German engraver (1825–1884)}} {{Infobox person | name = Adolf Neumann | image = File:Adolf Neumann 1876 selfportrait.png | caption = Self-portrait, from ''Die Gartenlaube'', 1876 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1825|6|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leipzig, Saxony, Germany | birth_name = Friedrich Gustav Adolf Neumann | death_date = {{Death date and age|1884|11|20|1825|6|5|df=yes}} | death_place = Leipzig, Saxony, Germany | education = | occupation = }}

'''Friedrich Gustav Adolf Neumann''' (5 June 1825 – 20 November 1884), was a German painter and engraver. Many of his portraits were published in ''Die Gartenlaube'' and the ''Illustrirte Zeitung''. His brother was the wood engraver {{ill|August Neumann (Holzstecher)|de|lt=August Neumann}}.

His father worked as a colorist. Although his family was very poor, he gained the approval of Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, who accepted him as his student at the Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he worked in the studio of copper engraver Henry Winkles and took lessons from Carl Werner and {{ill|Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling|de}}, who became his friend and supported him after his father's death.<ref>[https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Adolf_Neumann_(Die_Gartenlaube_1876/20) Adolf Neumann, from ''Die Gartenlaube''] @ German Wikisource</ref>

He was best known for his portraits, especially those of musicians, including Franz Schubert, Robert Franz, and August Wilhelm Ambros.

==References== {{reflist}} * "Neumann, Adolf". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.25: Moehring–Olivié. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1931, pg.410

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Adolf Neumann}} * "Neumann, Friedrich Gustav Adolph", In: Singer: ''Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon''. Vol.3 (1898), pg.299 ({{Google books|iwcFAAAAYAAJ|Online}})

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