Background
He was born Friedrich Wachsmann and graduated from high school and lower secondary school in his native Litoměřice.
He was born Friedrich Wachsmann and graduated from high school and lower secondary school in his native Litoměřice.
His grandnephews were Jiří Voskovec and Alois Wachsman. In 1840 he went to the Leipzig Academy of Painting and later in Dresden and Prague. In addition to studies he began making stone portraits and miniatures.
In 1848 he moved to Innsbruck, where he painted landscapes for some 18 months.
He made a trip to the Tyrol and northern Italy. In the autumn of 1854 he returned to Prague.
He painted watercolors and oil paintings, ornaments and drew designs for monuments.