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.
Carl von Marr was an American-born German painter. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of the engraver John Marr (1831–1921) and his wife Bertha Bodenstein Marr (1836–1911).
The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the product of a merger between the famous Dresden Art Academy, founded in 1764, the workplace and training ground of a number of influential European artists, and another well-established local art school, Hochschule für Werkkunst Dresden, after World War II.
Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen was a German landscape painter and a Professor at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. His distinctive style was characteristic of the Romantic ideals of natural beauty.
The Prussian Academy of Arts was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia.
Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach was a German painter.
Johann August Eduard Mandel (1810-1882) was a German engraver.
Karl Ludwig Bernhard Christian Buchhorn was a German painter and engraver.
Bernhard Rode was a Prussian artist and engraver well known for portraying historical scenes and allegorical works. He knew most of the central figures in the Berlin Enlightenment as Friedrich Nicolai and Gotthold Lessing, and the philosophical and political discussions of the Berlin Philosophs informed much of the subject matter of his artistic work. His paintings include several works depicting, in various guises, the King of Prussia Frederick the Great, who ruled the Prussia during much of Rode's lifetime. Rode was director of the Berlin Academy of the Arts from 1783 until his death in 1797.
Johann Friedrich Bause was a German copper engraver; primarily of portraits.
Georg Friedrich Schmidt was a German engraver, etcher and pastel painter, in the Rococo style.
Woldemar Friedrich was a German historical painter and illustrator.
Auguste Hüssener was a German engraver and miniature painter.
Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel, also known as Frederik Karel Albert Schreuel and Jan Christian Aelbert Schreuel, was a Dutch-born painter.
Carl Constantin Heinrich Steffeck was a German painter and graphic artist. He was especially well known for his paintings of horses and dogs.
Carl Georg Anton Graeb was a German architectural, decorative and theatrical scene painter. He also worked as an engraver and produced some landscapes.
Georg Karl Koch was a German painter, illustrator and lithographer. Most of his works feature horses; primarily in hunting scenes. Some sources give his year of death as 1931 or 1936.
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe was a German etcher, graphic artist and author. He was generally referred to as The Elder to distinguish him from his nephew; a painter who was also named Carl Wilhelm Kolbe.
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) was a German landscape painter, graphic artist and etcher. His style was part of the transition from Classicism to Romanticism.
Christian Gottlieb Geyser was a German painter and copper engraver.
