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Philipp Jakob Becker (born 1763) was a German painter born at Pforzheim. At seventeen years of age he went to Rome, where he studied and formed his style under 
Philipp Jakob Becker (born 1763) was a German painter born at Pforzheim. At seventeen years of age he went to Rome, where he studied and formed his style under Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs (22 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German people, German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassicism, Neoclas ...
and Maron. In 1785 he returned to Carlsruhe, having acquired in Italy a high degree of skill in every technical requirement of his art. But he was wanting in poetic fancy, and did not succeed in any remarkable manner in oil painting. He died at Erlenbad in 1829. He left a large number of
drawings in crayons and sepia, many of them copies, but all admirable for the taste and finish displayed in their execution. He was for many years Director of all the collections of paintings and engravings of the Grand Duke of Baden.
See also
* List of German paintersReferences
* 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists People from Pforzheim 1763 births 1829 deaths {{Germany-artist-stub