Anton Graff
Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)
Anton Graff (18 November 1736 – 22 June 1813) was a Swiss painter, of the period called Classicism. He mostly did portrait painting. He was among the most important painters of his time.
Anton Graff | |
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 With the arrival of this self-portrait (1765) on January 16, 1766, in Dresden Graff’s carrier as one of the most famous portrait artists of the Neoclassicism began | |
| Born | 18 November 1736 |
| Died | 22 June 1813 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | Johann Ulrich Schellenberg, Johann Jacob Haid, Leonhard Schneider |
| Known for | Portrait Painting |
| Notable work | Portrait of Frederick the Great (1781). His masterpiece |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
| Awards | 1783: Honorary Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1812: Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Patron(s) | Royal Courts of Prussia and Saxony |
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