Christian Gottlieb Fechhelm

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Christian Gottlieb Fechhelm (* 1732 in Dresden ; † 1816 there ) was a German portrait and history painter .

Life and works

His first teacher was his older brother Carl Friedrich Fechhelm . He then studied at the Dresden Art Academy, where Ismael Mengs , Adam Manyoki and Charles Hutin taught him portrait painting and then miniature drawing. In the early 1770s, Empress Maria Theresa commissioned him to create portraits of all the generals at the Vienna Military School. His son Carl Christian (1770–1826) also became a painter.

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. , Munich 1835 (digitized version)
personal data
SURNAME Fechhelm, Christian Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German portrait and history painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 1816
Place of death Dresden