Thank God Christoph Jacob Fischer

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Gottlob Christoph Jacob Fischer (born June 17, 1829 in Stuttgart ; † July 8, 1905 there ) was a German sculptor , history and portrait painter and lithographer .

Life

Before 1850, Fischer trained as a gold engraver in Stuttgart and then as a wood sculptor in Friedrich Georg Bienemann's studio . He was in Amsterdam around 1851/52. He continued his studies in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under Louis Royer . He then turned to painting, in addition he made lithographs and illustrations after French contemporary painters for Paris publishers. In 1853/54 he himself was in Paris, where he studied with Ary Scheffer . Fischer lived in the Netherlands from 1854 to 1857 and worked as a painter. From 1859 he was back in Stuttgart and received orders a. a. from the Württemberg royal couple.

Works

  • Charles Avisseau artiste potier de Tours , portrait, 1854, lithograph, 31.7 × 22.6 cm, Paris, BnF, inv. No. Est 5169 (L'Artiste 1854, o.p.).
  • Concert de la famille , copy after Jacob Jordaens, 1854, whereabouts unknown (Paris, AMN b).

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SURNAME Fischer, Gottlob Christoph Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, history and portrait painter and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1905
Place of death Stuttgart