Anton Graff (1736 - 1813)
1736-11-18Winterthur, Switzerland1813-06-22Dresden, GermanyGermany, Switzerland
Anton Graff
Anton Graff was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie Seyler, Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Moses Mendelssohn and Christian Felix Weiße. His pupils included Emma Körner, Philipp Otto Runge and Karl Ludwig Kaaz.
Date and place of birt: | 18 november 1736, Winterthur, Switzerland |
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Date and place of death: | 22 june 1813, Dresden, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany, Switzerland |
Period of activity: | XVIII, XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Portrait |
Art style: | Neoclassicism |