Leopold Blaschka
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Leopold Blaschka was a 19th-century glass artist and naturalist renowned for his extraordinarily detailed glass models of plants and marine invertebrates created with his son Rudolf.
Aliases (3)
- Rudolf Blaschka ×8
- Blaschka ×1
- Blaschka family ×1
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glass artist
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naturalist → person → |
| artForm |
glass sculpture
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scientific model making → |
| basedIn |
Dresden
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| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Austrian Empire
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| dateOfBirth |
1822-07-27
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| dateOfDeath |
1895-07-03
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| employerOrClient |
Cornell University
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Harvard University → |
| ethnicGroup |
Czech
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| familyName |
Blaschka
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| fieldOfWork |
botany
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marine biology → scientific illustration → |
| genre |
scientific model
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| givenName |
Leopold
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| hasChild |
Rudolf Blaschka
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| heritage |
Bohemian
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| knownFor |
accuracy of anatomical detail in glass models
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use of lampworking techniques → |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
German
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| materialUsed |
glass
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| movement |
scientific realism
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| notableCollectionLocation |
Corning Museum of Glass
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Dresden → Harvard Museum of Natural History → |
| notableFor |
collaboration with his son Rudolf Blaschka
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highly detailed glass models of marine invertebrates → highly detailed glass models of plants → |
| notableWork |
Glass Flowers
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glass botanical models → glass models of marine invertebrates → |
| occupation |
glass artist
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naturalist → |
| placeOfBirth |
Austrian Empire
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Bohemia → Böhmisch Aicha → |
| placeOfDeath |
Dresden
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Kingdom of Saxony → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| usedFor |
museum displays
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university teaching collections → |
| workTogetherWith |
Rudolf Blaschka
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Referenced by (16)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
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Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ("Rudolf Blaschka") → Glass Flowers → Glass Flowers ("Rudolf Blaschka") → Glass Sea Creatures → Glass Sea Creatures ("Rudolf Blaschka") → |
creator |
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Glass Sea Creatures
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Glass Sea Creatures ("Rudolf Blaschka") → |
associatedWith |
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George Lincoln Goodale
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George Lincoln Goodale ("Rudolf Blaschka") → |
collaboratedWith |
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Mary Lee Ware
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Mary Lee Ware ("Rudolf Blaschka") → |
patronOf |
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Leopold Blaschka
("Blaschka")
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familyName |
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Leopold Blaschka
("Rudolf Blaschka")
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hasChild |
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Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
("Blaschka family")
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manufacturer |
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Leopold Blaschka
("Rudolf Blaschka")
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workTogetherWith |