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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, also known as Christian Guillaume Ernest Dietricy, was a German painter and printmaker.
He was born in Weimar, Thuringia, into the family of the court painter Johann Georg Dietrich, and received his first training from his father. Dietrich worked in a variety of techniques and artistic movements of his time.
The talented artist took up any subjects: stories from the Old and New Testament, allegory and mythology, as well as portraits, genre scenes, portrayed ordinary people and livestock, painted coats of arms and vignettes, and more.
In 1764, Dietrich was appointed director of the painting school of the Meissen porcelain manufactory. The following year he became a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Works of Christian Wilhelm Dietrich can be found in many museums in Europe.
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was a German painter, master of portraiture; a member of the famous Tischbein artistic dynasty, one of the closest friends of the poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
He studied painting with his uncle Johann Jacob Tischbein in Hamburg. In 1772-1773 he made a study trip to Holland, and from 1777 was engaged in portrait painting in Berlin. In 1779 he went to Rome on a scholarship to the Academy of Arts in Cassel. After studying the antique art monuments he gradually changed his painting style from rococo to classical. In Italy he painted mostly landscapes, still life and history.
From 1789 to 1799 Johann Heinrich Wilhelm painted in the period from 1789 to 1799. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was director of the Academy of Arts in Naples.
