Carl August Benjamin Siegel

Carl August Benjamin Siegel (27 April 1757, Dresden – 15 October 1832, Dresden) was a German architecture professor and chief of works, active in Leipzig and Dresden.

Life and Work

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Siegel received his education in Dresden as a student of Friedrich August Krubsacius and Gottlob August Hölzer.[1] This was followed in Leipzig from 1785 by employment as a teacher of architectural drawing at the Academy of Art (now the Academy of Visual Arts). He then became a full professor and was head of the Department of Architectural Art until 1823.[2] He also served as a university architect in Leipzig.[1] After 1823, he became a professor and head of the building school at the Dresden Academy of Art.[2] In Dresden, the Brücknersche Haus was built in 1825 according to his designs on the corner plot Bautzener Platz/Alaungasse.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Siegel, August Benjamin (1757–1832) auf www.dresden-und-sachsen.de
  2. ^ a b Siegel, Carl August Benjamin (1757–1832) auf www.leipzig-lexikon.de
  3. ^ Siegel, August Benjamin (1757–1832) auf www.dresden-und-sachsen.de