Gottlieb Bodmer (1804 - 1837)

Gottlieb Bodmer

Gottlieb Bodmer was a German painter of the first half of the nineteenth century. He is known as a portrait painter, designer and lithographer.

Bodmer practiced portrait painting for several years, then took up lithography. His most important work of the time was a lithograph of the Sistine Madonna. For some time the artist stayed in Paris, where he improved his technique. He copied engravings, and was especially fond of reproducing paintings by artists of the Munich art school. Bodmer's achievements in lithography laid the foundation for the Bavarian lithographic school, which made Munich famous as the "lithographic capital of Germany".