Friedrich Specht (6 May 1839, in Lauffen am Neckar – 12 June 1909, in Stuttgart), was a German painter and natural history illustrator. He held his first exhibition at the Stuttgart Art Academy. He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications, notably for the first edition of Brehms Tierleben (1864–69) conceived by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907), Carl Vogt's Die Säugetiere in Wort und Bild (1883–89) and Richard Lydekker's Royal Natural History (1894–96). His brothers were the wood engraver Carl Gottlob Specht and the wildlife painter August Specht (1849–1923).[1]
friedrich, specht, 1839, lauffen, neckar, june, 1909, stuttgart, german, painter, natural, history, illustrator, held, first, exhibition, stuttgart, academy, provided, illustrations, animals, landscapes, large, number, zoology, veterinary, science, publication. Friedrich Specht 6 May 1839 in Lauffen am Neckar 12 June 1909 in Stuttgart was a German painter and natural history illustrator He held his first exhibition at the Stuttgart Art Academy He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications notably for the first edition of Brehms Tierleben 1864 69 conceived by Alfred Edmund Brehm Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary 1890 1907 Carl Vogt s Die Saugetiere in Wort und Bild 1883 89 and Richard Lydekker s Royal Natural History 1894 96 His brothers were the wood engraver Carl Gottlob Specht and the wildlife painter August Specht 1849 1923 1 Friedrich Specht by C Kolb Great hornbill Greater horseshoe bat He was responsible for the lion s head on Adolf Gnauth de s memorial to the fallen warriors of Stuttgart 2 References edit Specht Friedrich 1839 1909 WorldCat Identities Boris Wilnitsky Fine Art Homepage www wilnitsky com Archived from the original on 2012 04 05 Retrieved 2011 12 04 External links edit nbsp Media related to Friedrich Specht at Wikimedia Commons Literature by and about Friedrich Specht in the German National Library catalogue Friedrich Specht The Natural History of Animals online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Friedrich Specht amp oldid 1223518306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
