Albrecht Adam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albrecht Adam

German painter

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1786

Place of Birth: Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1862

Profession: engraver, painter, lithographer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786 – 28 August 1862) was a Bavarian painter, who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1812 Russian campaign.
He was attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grand Armée.
Throughout the campaign he sketched, painted and depicted an important record of the campaign to Moscow.
In his memoirs he described the carnage of Borodino and late into his career he was still painting battle scenes from the Napoleonic period.
He became a well-known equine artist, a legacy continued by his grandson, Emil Adam.



Alternative names	Franz Hanfstaengl
Description	German photographer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	1 March 1804	18 April 1877
Location of birth/death	Q803729 near Bad Tölz, Bavaria	Munich
Work period	1833 - 1868
Work location	Dresden; Munich
Authority control	: Q647812 VIAF: 98871537 ISNI: 0000 0001 0786 6147 ULAN: 500017348 LCCN: n84059888 Open Library: OL1879930A WorldCat