Philipp Heinrich Dunker (7 August 1779,

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– 3 May 1836,

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landscape painter and

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

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He was the fourth child of the painter,

Balthasar Anton Dunker Balthasar Anton Dunker (15 January 1746, Saal – 2 April 1807, Bern) was a German landscape painter and etcher. Biography He was the eldest son of pastor Albert Andreas Duncker (1706–1781) and his second wife, Sophie Dorothea von Olthof ( ...

, and his wife, Johanna Franziska Fahrni, from

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. His name was taken from his godparents, the painters

Jacob Philipp Hackert Jacob Philipp Hackert (15 September 1737 – 28 April 1807) was a landscape painter from Brandenburg, who did most of his work in Italy. Biography Hackert was born in 1737 in Prenzlau in the Margraviate of Brandenburg (now in Germany). He t ...

and .''Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte'' 47, 1990, pg.161. He learned art from his father. In 1800, he relocated to Nuremberg and worked for the art publisher, , for whom he did miniature

watercolor Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

s of Swiss landscapes. Four years later, he became a member of the Nuremberg Painting Academy. After becoming established, he switched to etching a variety of subjects, but always focused on Swiss themes. In addition, he produced numerous prints based on works by other contemporary artists; such as Johann Ludwig Aberli and

Johann Adam Klein Johann Adam Klein (24 November 1792, Nuremberg – 21 May 1875, Munich) was a German painter and engraver. Biography At the age of eight, he received his first drawing lessons from the landscape etcher, Georg Christoph von Bemmel (1765-1811). F ...

. He also worked as an illustrator; notably for the ''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands'' (Natural History of the Birds of Germany), by Johann Friedrich Naumann and his father,

Johann Andreas Naumann Johann Andreas Naumann (13 April 1744 – 15 May 1826) was a German farmer and an amateur naturalist. He was the father of Johann Friedrich Naumann and geologist Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann. He wrote an important book on the birds of Ger ...

. In 1821, he became a drawing teacher at the Nuremberg art school. During his last years, he worked exclusively in oils. After Frauenholz died, in 1822, he sold his pictures by subscription. His major works include ''Prospekte aus der Umgebung von Nürnberg'' (Views from the Surroundings of Nuremberg, 1820), after works by Klein, and ''Ansichten und Grundriss der Anlagen des Schmausenbucks bei Nürnberg'' (Views and Maps of the Schmausenbuck Area, 1833).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunker, Philip Heinrich 1779 births 1836 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German landscape painters German etchers Swiss emigrants to Germany Artists from Bern 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists

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