Max Weidenbach b. 1823

Also known as Maximilian Ferdinand Weidenbach
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, Egyptologist and Prussian consul to South Australia. A watercolour sketch of Glen Osmond in 1849 from the Chimney Hill showing the Miners' Arms Hotel, was drawn by Max Weidenbach and was later reproduced in Thomas Gill's History and Topography of Glen Osmond.
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Name
Max Weidenbach
Also known as Maximilian Ferdinand Weidenbach
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Prussian consul (Prussian consul In South Australia retaining position until 1855.)
  • Egyptologist
Birth date
1823
Death date
24 August 1890
Burial place
Glen Osmond Cemetery, Soutth Australia
Active Period
  • c.1842 - c.1863
Arrival
  • 12 September 1849 (Arrived on vessel 'Australia'.)
Residence
  • 1849 - 1882 South Australia
  • 5 February 1883 - 24 August 1890 Glenelg, SA
  • 1849 - 1882 Ballarat, VIC
Training
  • 1839 - 1842 under Egyptologist Richard Lepsius, Berlin, Germany
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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