caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
bedřich wachsmann -lrb- by jan vilímek 1881 -rrb- olšany cemetery 27 february 1897 prague , austria-hungary litoměřice , austrian empire czech 24 may 1820 jan vilímek - bedřich wachsmann hl.jpg bedřich wachsmann
 bedřich wachsmann architect and painter
bedřich wachsmann

bedřich wachsmann -lrb- may 24 , 1820 -- february 27 , 1897 -rrb- was a german-speaking czech painter , decorator and architect .
his grandnephews were jiří voskovec and alois wachsman .
he was born friedrich wachsmann and graduated from high school and lower secondary school in his native litoměřice .
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 some 18 months .
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 .
in the autumn of 1854 he returned to prague .
he painted watercolors and oil paintings , ornaments and drew designs for monuments .
he was responsible for the reconstruction of the cross chapel at prague castle , internal changes in the romanesque style -lrb- 1868 -- 69 -rrb- , renovation of the chapel at archbishop 's residence in prague , illustrations in journals such as `` světozor '' -lrb- after 1867 -rrb- and `` zlatá praha '' -lrb- after 1884 -rrb- , other artwork in magazines and travelogues and an encyclopedic guide to bohemia .
