Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the ''Hanauer Tischbein'' (1 March 1730,

Haina Haina (Kloster) is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Haina lies in Waldeck-Frankenberg south of Frankenberg and east of Burgwald at the southwest slope of the Kellerwald range. It lies on the ...

- 1 November 1804, Hanau) was a German painter from the

Tischbein family The Tischbein family was a German family of artists, originating in Hesse and spanning three generations. The family patriarch, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764), was a master baker at the State Hospital in Haina. The Tischbeins also produced ...

of artists.

Biography

His father was a baker. His four older brothers were all painters, the best-known of them being Johann Heinrich Tischbein. His first teacher was his brother

Johann Valentin Tischbein Johann Valentin Tischbein (11 December 1715, in Haina – 24 April 1768, in Hildburghausen) was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography His father, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764) was a baker; five of whose ...

. In 1753, he enrolled at the

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, which had an international reputation for its teaching in the Baroque style. In 1758, he entered the service of Count Christian August von

Solms-Laubach Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of SolmsSee German article on the '' House of Solms'' or French article '' Maison de Solms. had its origins in Solms, Hesse. History Solms-Laubach ...

as his secretary. He moved to Hanau in 1769 to become

court painter A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...

for

William I, Elector of Hesse William I, Elector of Hesse (german: link=no, Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the d ...

and, after 1772, worked to establish an art academy there and became a teacher. He worked not only for the nobility, but also for wealthy aristocrats, including Johann Christian Senckenberg, the Brentanos and the La Roches. Portraits were his main work, but he also created historical scenes and small works known as "Kabinettstücke", as well as decorating the

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at Wilhelmsbad; now a park near Hanau.

Sources

* Anton Merk: ''Anton Wilhelm Tischbein 1730–1804''. (exhibition catalog), Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau 2004

External links

ArtNet: More works by Tischbein.
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