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Wolfgang Pagenstecher (March 16, 1880 – December 26, 1953) was a German painter and heraldist. He was born in Elberfeld and died in Düsseldorf.[1]

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Biography

Pagenstecher was born in Elberfeld, German Empire, on March 16, 1880, as the third son of Friedrich August Pagenstecher and Anna Elisabeth von Hurter. In 1898, he began studying at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with Ernst and Fritz Roeber, Peter Janssen, and Willy Spatz as his professors. During his time there he became an assistant before leaving to Florence in 1909. He spent a year there before traveling to the cities of Dresden, Paris, and Munich.

At the outbreak of World War I, in 1914, Pagenstecher joined the Imperial German Army reaching the rank of lieutenant. During the war he was seriously injured and spent time in captivity at Bordeaux.[2] After the war, Pagenstecher began designing coat of arms. The most notable of which being the coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia

Pagenstecher died in Düsseldorf, West Germany on December 26, 1953.

Coat of arms

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  Haan
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  Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
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  North Rhine-Westphalia
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  Wülfrath
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  Hilden

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На других языках

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[de] Wolfgang Pagenstecher

Wolfgang Pagenstecher (* 16. März 1880 in Elberfeld; † 26. Dezember 1953 in Düsseldorf) war ein deutscher Landschafts-, Tier- und Porträtmaler der Düsseldorfer Schule und Heraldiker.

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- [en] Wolfgang Pagenstecher

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