August Kopisch

Place: Breslau

Born: 1799

Death: 1853

Biography:

August Kopisch (26 May 1799 – 6 February 1853) was a German poet and painter. Kopisch was born on 26 May 1799 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland). In 1815 he began studying painting at the Prague academy, but an injury to his hand damaged his prospects of success as an artist, and he turned to literature. After residences in Dresden and Vienn...