Johann Baptist Lachmüller (1785 - 1849)
1785-09-19Germany1849-09-28Germany
Johann Baptist Lachmüller
Johann Baptist Lachmüller was a German painter and illustrator.
He is known for his signature series of lithographs depicting costumed participants in a carnival procession in Bamberg before Lent on Shrove Monday in 1837. The twenty-eight sheets depict carnival figures on horseback and in horse-drawn wagons. They are residents of Bamberg dressed as Greeks, Tatars, Chinese, Jews, and characters from the Commedia dell'Arte.
Date and place of birt: | 19 september 1785, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 28 september 1849, Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Draftsman, Illustrator |
Genre: | Genre art |
Art style: | Romanticism |