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Christian Gottlieb Schick (15 August 1776 – 7 May 1812) was a German Neoclassical painter. His history paintings,

portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

, and

landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the p ...

are characterized by romantic tendencies. Of these, he is best known for his portraits.

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He was born in Stuttgart. He studied from 1795 to 1797 at the

Hohe Karlsschule Hohe Karlsschule (''Karl's High School'') was the strict military academy founded by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany. It was first founded in 1770 as a military orphanage, but then converted into a military academy in 1773 f ...

under

Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (10 September 1758, Stuttgart - 31 December 1838, Stuttgart) was a German Classical painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also created historical and mythological scenes. Biography His father w ...

, a follower of Jacques-Louis David.Bernardini, Ingrid Sattel. "Schick, Gottlieb". ''Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online''. Oxford University Press. Web. 31 Dec. 2014. In 1797–98 he studied under

Johann Heinrich von Dannecker Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (October 16, 1758 in StuttgartDecember 8, 1841 in Stuttgart) was a German sculptor. Biography He was the third of five children of Georg Dannecker (1718–1786), a coachman of the nobleman Charles Alexander, Duke ...

, after which he relocated to Paris where he spent 1799 to 1802 in David's studios. Between 1802 and 1811 he stayed in Rome, where he became an important figure in that city's artistic and intellectual circles. He was an especially good friend of

Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named afte ...

and his family. In Schick's last years, his style of

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

esque classicism gradually acquired a romantic orientation. In 1809, he was presented with a special citation by a group of French and Italian artists. He returned to Stuttgart in 1811, but died there only a few months later, of heart disease.

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1776 births 1812 deaths Artists from Stuttgart German neoclassical painters 19th-century painters of historical subjects People educated at the Karlsschule Stuttgart {{Germany-painter-stub

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