Johann Heinrich (The Elder) Tischbein

Biography
1722 - 1789

About the artist

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722, Haina – 1789, Kassel), known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. From 1736 to 1741 he studied wallpaper painting and oil painting. Afterwards he worked in the service of small princely courts. In 1743 he moved to Paris and studied with Carle van Loo. In 1749 he went to Venice to study with Giovanni Battista Piazetta. Later on he lived in Rome for a year.

In 1753 he was appointed court painter to William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. He fled from the advancing French Army and lived in several locations until the occupation ended in 1762. When he returned, he was appointed professor at the new Collegium Carolinum in Kassel. He spent his time at Schloss Warthausen near Biberach an der Riß; an estate owned by his old patron, Stadion. He was married twice, in 1756 and 1763, and had two daughters, both by his first wife.

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