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Johann August Nahl der Jüngere was a German painter of Swiss origin, master of portrait and mythological genres. He studied painting under Heinrich Tischbein in Kassel.
Johann Elias Ridinger was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes.
Johann Elias Ridinger was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes.
Johann Elias Ridinger was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes.
Johann Georg Ziesenis was a German portrait painter. He came from a family of artisans and artists of the 17th and 18th centuries whose works are attributed to the Hanoverian Rococo.
Augustine of Hippo (Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period.
Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He is also a preeminent Catholic Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians.
Johann Georg Ziesenis was a German portrait painter. He came from a family of artisans and artists of the 17th and 18th centuries whose works are attributed to the Hanoverian Rococo.
Augustine of Hippo (Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period.
Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He is also a preeminent Catholic Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians.
Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of German painters, which spanned three generations.
His work consisted primarily of portraits of the nobility, mythological scenes, and historical paintings. For his mythology paintings his models were mostly members of the upper nobility.
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein was a German painter of the last quarter of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He is known as an academic painter of the Classical era, specializing in portraits, a representative of a large dynasty of artists.
August Tischbein was court painter to Prince Friedrich Karl August and Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz. He traveled to Italy, where he improved his skills in portrait painting, and achieved success in Berlin and Dresden. In 1799, the artist became director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig. From 1806 to 1808 he worked in St. Petersburg, where he created portraits of courtiers and representatives of the aristocracy. His works are characterized by strict composition, exquisite coloring and sentimental style of the era. Several of his paintings can be found in the St. Petersburg Hermitage.
Johann George Hossauer was a German jewelry artist, entrepreneur and inventor.
Hossauer began working at the bronze factory of Werner & Mietke in Berlin and trained under the jeweler Henri de Ruolz. In 1819, King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia financially supported the factory, which was managed by Hossauer. This factory produced articles of platinum, gold, silver, bronze, gilded and silvered copper and employed up to 100 people. At one of the first trade exhibitions in Berlin, the master received a gold medal for his work, and in 1826 the king granted him the title of jeweler of His Majesty the King.
As a prominent Berlin jeweler, Hossauer executed several orders of the Prussian court, including the Pour Le Merite and the Order of St. John, and also participated in the creation of the Russian Order of St. Vladimir and the Hanoverian House Order of St. George. He created silver table sets for Prussian princes and fulfilled other prestigious orders, produced jewelry, medals, and numerous pieces of gold and silverware.
In 1845, Hossauer sold his patent for the electroplating process to Werner von Siemens, and ten years later he was appointed a judge at the World's Fair in Paris.
August Wilhelm Leu was a German landscape painter of the Romantic era. Most of his paintings are large format and depict scenes in Norway and the Alps. He studied painting under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art.
August Wilhelm Loy's landscapes are characterized by a magnificent romantic conception of Alpine nature, masterful rendering, bright colours and well calculated light effects. Loy attached great importance to the particularly detailed design of the foreground.
Johann(es) Lingelbach was a Dutch Golden Age artist who worked in the bamboochade genre.
He first studied painting in Holland, from 1642 in Paris and from 1644 in Rome. The influence of Philippe Vovermann is noticeable in Johannes works. He is known for his numerous landscapes and war scenes, in which the influence of Italian painting is perceptible. He worked for other painters as well, painting their canvases with different details, backgrounds and animals.
Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of German painters, which spanned three generations.
His work consisted primarily of portraits of the nobility, mythological scenes, and historical paintings. For his mythology paintings his models were mostly members of the upper nobility.