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Albert Kretschmer (27 February 1825 – 11 July 1891) was a German professor, painter, costumes researcher and chairman of Schauspielhaus Berlin.

Life and work

Kretschmer moved to Berlin in 1842 and studied under Professor Carl Joseph Begas at the Prussian Academy of Arts. He lived in Friedrichstadt, Behrenstraße 8 and was father of historic geographer Konrad Kretschmer and Indo-European linguist Paul Kretschmer.

Kretschmer was renowned for his detailed drawings, watercolor paintings and lithographs and their appearance in publications on German and international Tracht as well as historic fashion.

Furthermore, Kretschmer worked as a costume designer at Schauspielhaus Berlin until 1889.

Selected works

• Das große Buch der Volkstrachten (in German) (2 ed.). Leipzig: Bach. 1890.
• Rohrbach, Carl (1906). Die Trachten der Völker. Vom Beginn der Geschichte bis zum 19. Jahrhundert. In 104 Tafeln zusammengestellt, gezeichnet und lithographiert von Albert Kretschmer, im Farbdruck ausgeführt von Franz Eugen Köhler, (Gera -Untermhaus) (in German) (3 ed.). Leipzig: Verlag Bibliographische Anstalt Adolph Schumann.

Illustrationen

• von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg, Otto (1871). Hochzeitsbuch: Brauch und Glaube bei den christlichen Völkern Europas, mit XXIV Illustrationen von Albert Kretschmer und einem symbolischen Titelbilde von Marie von Reichenbach. In Farbendruck ausgeführt von J. G. Bach in Leipzig (in German). Leipzig: J. G. Bach. urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-71430

Gallery

• Silesian Tracht
• Prussian Tracht
• Antique Egyptian Tracht
• German Fashion 17th century
• French Fashion 1750 - 1800

References

1. Berliner Adressbuch von 1820

Further reading

• Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix, eds. (1927). Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 21. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann. p. 507.

External links

• Works by Albert Kretschmer at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Albert Kretschmer at the Internet Archive
• Literature by and about Albert Kretschmer in the German National Library catalogue

• 19th-century German painters
• German male painters
• 1825 births
• 1891 deaths
• People from Świdnica
• Artists from the Province of Silesia
• 19th-century German male artists