| LC control no. | n 50041611 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 |
| Variant(s) | Bien, J. (Julius), 1826-1909 |
| See also | Julius Bien & Co. |
| Associated country | Germany United States |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1826-09-27 |
| Death date | 1909-12-21 |
| Place of birth | Naumburg (Hesse, Germany) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Lithography Cartography Chromolithography |
| Affiliation | B'nai B'rith |
| Profession or occupation | Lithographers Cartographers |
| Found in | Howell, C.W. Map of the battle fields of the Wilderness ... 186-?: map recto (J. Bien, Lith., N.Y.) Wikipedia, viewed March 31, 2023: Julius Bien (Julius Bien (27 September 1826, Naumburg - 21 December 1909, Manhattan, New York) was an American lithographer originally from Germany, as well as president of B'nai B'rith for more than three decades. He also produced a lithographed edition of John James Audubon's The Birds of America. Bien was born in Naumburg, Hesse, a small town near Kassel, as the child of artist and teacher. He was schooled at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, and then at the Städel Institute in Frankfurt as a student of Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. Like many other Jews, he fought on the side of the liberals in the 1848 Revolution, and fled to New York in 1848 or 1849. He began a lithography studio, first with a single press, and turned that into a large and successful company by century's end. He worked for the federal government as well after the American Civil War, and was noted as a skilled printer of maps with "a new level of scientific accuracy" (a 1902 map of Connecticut was praised as "all that could be desired"), winning many awards, and becoming a "prominent citizen of New York" as well as the first president of the National Lithographers Association. From 1854 to 1857, and again from 1868 to 1900, he was president of B'nai B'rith, contributing substantially to its internationalization.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Bien> David Rumsey Map Collection (website), viewed March 31, 2023: Julius Bien, Master Printer and Cartographer (Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an American lithographic printer and cartographer who worked in New York City in the second half of the 19th century. He was responsible for the publication of thousands of maps issued by the U.S. government and private map publishers. He was a pioneer in the development of chromolithography. He is recognized as one of the finest map printers of his time. The Rumsey collection contains over 1,100 maps published by Bien. Although authorship of 19th century maps and atlases is never limited to one person, and most of these cartographic productions list authors other than Bien, it is clear that he had a major role in shaping the final results. Bien's printing and publishing of geological maps was outstanding and he took geological visualizations to new levels, as can be seen in the example below from Hayden's Atlas of Colorado, 1881.) <https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2009/9/13/julius-bien-master-engraver-and-cartographer> |
| Associated language | eng |
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