Johann Jakob Tischbein
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Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the ''Lübecker Tischbein'' (21 February 1725, Haina – 22/23 August 1791, Lübeck), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.


Biography

He was the sixth son of Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682-1764), a baker at the local hospital. He was originally a decorative painter, but eventually began producing portraits and landscapes. His wife was a daughter of the painter, Johann Dietrich Lilly (1705-1792). After spending several years in Hamburg, he relocated to Lübeck in 1775. One of his most prominent students was his nephew, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the "Goethe-Tischbein". His son,
August Albrecht Christian Tischbein August Albrecht Christian Tischbein (29 July 1768, Hamburg - 10 September 1848, Rostock) was a German painter and lithographer from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography He was the son of Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the ''Lübecker T ...
, was also a painter and lithographer.


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Biography and appreciation
including other family members, from the
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1725 births 1791 deaths People from Waldeck-Frankenberg 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters Johann {{Germany-painter-stub