Phoebus Levin
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Image:Cremorne The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens by Phoebus Levin 1864.jpg
File:Phoebus Levin, Covent Garden Market, 1864.jpg
Phoebus Levin (fl. mid 1800s.) was a German painter working in London 1855-78 who is known for his 1864 painting of The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens and other depictions of Cremorne Gardens and Covent Garden.{{cite web|url=http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image/139615/phoebus-levin-covent-garden-market-1864|title=Covent Garden Market: 1864|work=Museum of London Prints|accessdate=20 May 2015}}
Levin's date of birth and death are uncertain but, according to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, he was a pupil at the Kunstakademie Berlin from 1836 to 1844, and participated in their exhibitions until 1868.[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/benezit/B00108900 "LEVIN, Phoebus."] Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed 20 May 2015. {{subscription required}}
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78930/queen-victoria-tapestry-phoebus-levin/|title=Queen Victoria|work=vam.ac.uk|accessdate=20 May 2015}}
- {{Art UK bio|retrieved=20 May 2015}}
- [http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/121562 Greenway National Trust]
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Category:19th-century German painters
Category:19th-century German male artists
Category:Painters from the Kingdom of Prussia
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