Johann Philipp Bach
Johann Philipp Bach (born August 5, 1752 in Meiningen ; † November 2, 1846 ibid) was a German musician and painter who belonged to the Bach family.
Life
He was the son of the court organist and court painter of Sachsen-Meiningen , Gottlieb Friedrich Bach . As a young man he met the painter Conrad Geiger (1751–1808) in Erlangen , but after his early death he found more and more his own style of painting. In 1790 he inherited his father's offices as court painter, court organist and court harpsichordist. In the years 1794–1796 he stayed in London for several months for study purposes .
Works
Following Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, Johann Philipp Bach created over 100 sensitive portraits (paintings and pastels) of Meiningen citizens and court employees, which contemporaries compared with works by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein .
A collection of Bach's pictures is in the Elisabethenburg Palace in Meiningen. Further works can be seen in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf and in the Munich Pinakothek.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Johann Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1846 |
| Place of death | Meiningen |