Carl Theodor Reiffenstein [SEP] occupation
Carl Theodor Reiffenstein
Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (12 January 1820, Frankfurt am Main - 6 December 1893, Frankfurt am Main) was a German landscape and architecture painter who created an invaluable historical record of Frankfurt am Main.
Life.
Life Education.
His father was a brewer and he grew up in a part of the city that largely retained its Medieval character.
His father wanted Carl to take his place as proprietor of the family tavern, but Carl displayed a precocious interest in art, so a live-
Main 1907–09, S. 116 u. 117.
- Hans Lohne: "Frankfurt um 1850. Nach Aquarellen und Beschreibungen von Carl Theodor Reiffenstein und dem Malerischen Plan von Friedrich Wilhelm Delkeskamp." Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1967, .
- August Wiederspahn, Helmut Bode: "Die Kronberger Malerkolonie. Ein Beitrag zur Frankfurter Kunstgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mit dokumentarischen Beiträgen von Änne Rumpf-Demmer, Julius Neubronner und Philipp Franck." Third, greatly expanded edition. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1982,