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Object type: painting : Genre: portrait : Depicted people: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben : Date: Original artwork: 1780. First publication date not clear, but the painting is listed in 1784 by Freeman's Journal and the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser as being in the Peale Museum catalog of 1784, and in the 1795 museum catalog itself, and was purchased by the city of Philadelphia in 1854 (Source ...
In 1803 Steuben traveled with a letter to his friend, painter François Gérard, in Paris.Gerard took in many penniless aspiring artists and students for training. After two years of preparation, in February 1805 Steuben enrolled in the prestigious École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he learned from renowned teachers, including Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (/ ˈ s tj uː b ən / STEW-bən or / s tj uː ˈ b ɛ n / stew-BEN, [1] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbn̩]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-born American army officer who played a leading ...
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian officer who aided the colonials in the American Revolutionary War; Charles de Steuben (1788–1856), a German-born French Romantic painter and lithographer active during the Napoleonic Era. Fritz Steuben (1898–1981), writer; Kuno von Steuben (1855–1935), German general in World War I
The Steuben Monument is a public art work by Swiss-American artist J. Otto Schweizer, located on the north side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The bronze equestrian sculpture depicts Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben in his Revolutionary War uniform. [2] It is located at the intersection of West Lisbon Avenue, Lloyd Street, and North Sherman ...
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was born in 1730 in Magdeburg, Prussia, which is in modern-day Germany. He was educated by Jesuits, but was a critic of Roman Catholicism. He would later convert to the Reformed German Church. As a youth, he and his father allegedly fought in a battle during the War of the Austrian Succession. [4]
1904: St. Louis, statue of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, commissioned for display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair). Since 1968, a smaller version by an unknown sculptor has been in Tower Grove Park. [2] The fate of the original appears to be undocumented.