Wilhelm Trautschold
Born(1815-06-02)2 June 1815
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died7 January 1877(1877-01-07) (aged 61)
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
EducationBerlin Akademie der Kunste
OccupationPortrait painter
RelativesHermann Trautschold

Wilhelm Trautschold (1815–1877) was a German portrait painter.

Trautschold was born in Berlin on 2 June 1815.[1] He was trained at the Berlin Akademie der Kunste and in Düsseldorf. He lived in London from 1860.[2]

His works are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery,[2] and the Royal Society of Chemistry. One of his paintings of Justus von Liebig was used on a German 100 Reichsmark note in 1935.

He died in Munich on 7 January 1877.[1] He was brother of paleontologist Hermann Trautschold.

Portrait of Justus von Liebig
Banknote after the above portrait of Justus von Liebig
Trautschold liebig laboratorium (1841)

References

  1. 1 2 "Explore Wilhelm Trautschold". RKD. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Person - Wilhelm Trautschold". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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