Adrian Zingg (1734 - 1816) - photo 1

Adrian Zingg

Adrian Zingg was a Swiss artist, draftsman, etching artist and teacher who spent most of his artistic life associated with the School of Fine Arts in Dresden. Professor. One of the founders of the Dresden school of landscape painting.

His favourite subjects were the rocks of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains around the lower Elbe up to the present day Czech-German border, in today's national parks in Bohemia and Saxon Switzerland.

In 1769, Adrian Zingg became a member of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1787 a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

In 1803 he was appointed a professor at the Academy of Engraving Arts in Dresden. Later he was appointed engraver at the Saxon Court.

Date and place of birt:15 april 1734, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Date and place of death:26 may 1816, Leipzig, Germany
Nationality:Germany, Switzerland
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Draftsman, Engraver, Landscape painter, Painter
Genre:Mountain landscape, Landscape painting
Art style:Romanticism

Creators Germany

Jean-Georges Rémond (1752 - 1830)
Jean-Georges Rémond
1752 - 1830
Peter Franciscus Peters II (1818 - 1903)
Peter Franciscus Peters II
1818 - 1903
Ellen Fuhr (1958 - 2017)
Ellen Fuhr
1958 - 2017
Friedrich Preller I (1804 - 1878)
Friedrich Preller I
1804 - 1878
Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt (1786 - 1840)
Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt
1786 - 1840
Heinrich Theodor Wehle (1778 - 1805)
Heinrich Theodor Wehle
1778 - 1805
Johannes Eckstein (1735 - 1817)
Johannes Eckstein
1735 - 1817
Max Hermann Mahlmann (1912 - 2000)
Max Hermann Mahlmann
1912 - 2000
Helmut Middendorf (1953)
Helmut Middendorf
1953
Eberhard Schlotter (1921 - 2014)
Eberhard Schlotter
1921 - 2014
Karl Ulrich Nuss (1943)
Karl Ulrich Nuss
1943
Benno Kögl (1892 - 1973)
Benno Kögl
1892 - 1973
Katharina Fritsch (1956)
Katharina Fritsch
1956
Johann Friedrich Grooth (1717 - 1801)
Johann Friedrich Grooth
1717 - 1801
Klaus Meister (1953)
Klaus Meister
1953
George Pusenkoff (1953)
George Pusenkoff
1953

Creators Romanticism

Edmund Blair Leighton (1852 - 1922)
Edmund Blair Leighton
1852 - 1922
Wilhelm Theodor Nocken (1830 - 1905)
Wilhelm Theodor Nocken
1830 - 1905
Raffaele Pontremoli (1832 - 1906)
Raffaele Pontremoli
1832 - 1906
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793 - 1867)
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
1793 - 1867
Josef Wintergerst (1783 - 1867)
Josef Wintergerst
1783 - 1867
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (1753 - 1820)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis
1753 - 1820
Jan Baptist Huysmans (1826 - 1906)
Jan Baptist Huysmans
1826 - 1906
Johann-Gabriel Poppel (1807 - 1882)
Johann-Gabriel Poppel
1807 - 1882
Louis-Auguste Veillon (1834 - 1890)
Louis-Auguste Veillon
1834 - 1890
John Pitman (1814 - 1841)
John Pitman
1814 - 1841
Jean-Simon Fournier (XVIII century - 1799)
Jean-Simon Fournier
XVIII century - 1799
Johann Peter Götting (1795 - 1865)
Johann Peter Götting
1795 - 1865
Raimund Volanek (1857 - 1924)
Raimund Volanek
1857 - 1924
William Baillie (1752 - 1799)
William Baillie
1752 - 1799
Karl Kalt (? - ?)
Karl Kalt
? - ?
Johann Conrad Gessner (1764 - 1826)
Johann Conrad Gessner
1764 - 1826