Namibian Painters - Hans Aschenborn, Uli Aschenborn, Adolph Jentsch, Dieter Aschenborn (Paperback)

Chapters: Hans Aschenborn, Uli Aschenborn, Adolph Jentsch, Dieter Aschenborn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hans Anton Aschenborn (1 February 1888 10 April 1931) was a renowed animal painter of African wildlife both in Germany and in southern Africa (see older German Thieme-Becker or Saur art encyclopedia, there was also a Master of Arts thesis by Karin Skawran concerning Hans Anton Aschenborn's graphic work published in the South African art and culture periodical Lantern in 1965). In 1963 the University of Pretoria printed a book about Aschenborn as an artist and in 1970 another one followed by the Pretoria Art Museum (South Africa). There is also a book over Aschenborn's etchings and one about his lino cuts. He got also known for his illustrations of books and as an author and poet which a search in the internet can give readily proof of. In 1916 he wrote the text of the song Heia Safari. Some of his German books got translated into Afrikaans and he plays a role in Afrikaans literature. Working on his book about gemsbok (which was also translated into English) and watching them Aschenborn discovered a variety called Genus Aschenborni named after him. In Windhoek (Namibia) the Aschenborn Street was named after Hans Anton to honour him and hotels and lodges have special Aschenborn Rooms with Aschenborn art as a search in the internet can verify. He was born in Kiel, Germany. In 1909, he emigrated to Namibia, where in 1912 he bought the farm "Quickborn." In 1913 he married Emma Bredow. He moved with his family to South Africa in 1920, then returned to Germany in 1921. He died in Kiel in 1931. His son Dieter Aschenborn (15 November 1915 11 September 2002) and his grandson Uli Aschenborn (6 September 1947) are also well known animal painters ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2436572