The Tischbein family was a German family of artists, originating in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...
and spanning three generations. The family patriarch, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764), was a master baker at the State Hospital in
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 ...
. The Tischbeins also produced a number of master carpenters. (The name translates as "Table Leg").
Notable members include:
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Anton Wilhelm Tischbein (1730–1804), painter (the ''Hanauer Tischbein'')
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August Albrecht Christian Tischbein (1768–1848), painter and lithographer
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August Anton Tischbein (1805 – after 1867), painter
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Carl Wilhelm Tischbein (1797–1855), painter
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Christian Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1824), painter, architect and gallery director
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Georg Heinrich Tischbein (1753–1848), etcher, engraver and cartographer
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Johann Anton Tischbein (1720–1784), painter
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Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the ''Leipziger Tischbein'' (9 March 1750, Maastricht - 21 June 1812, Heidelberg) was a German portrait painter from the Tischbein family of artists.
Biography
He received his first lessons from hi ...
(1750–1812), painter (the ''Leipziger Tischbein'')
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1722–1789), painter (the ''Kasseler Tischbein'')
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger (1742–1808), painter and engraver
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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the ''Goethe Tischbein'' (15 February 1751 in Haina – 26 February 1829 in Eutin), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.
Biography
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was born on ...
(1751–1828), painter (the ''Goethe Tischbein'')
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Johann Jacob Tischbein (1725–1791), painter (the ''Lübecker Tischbein'')
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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 ...
(1715–1768), painter and set designer
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Ludwig Philipp Tischbein (1744–1806), architect and set designer
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Paul Tischbein (1820–1874), painter
For a complete family tree, see the corresponding article in German Wikipedia.
Further reading
* ''Die hessische Malerfamilie Tischbein. Verzeichnis ihrer Mitglieder und eine Auswahl ihrer Werke''. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel 1934
* ''3 x Tischbein und die europäische Malerei um 1800''. Exhibition catalog (State Museum of Kassel, 2005.
Museum der bildenden Künste
The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity.
History
Museum Foundation and First Museum
The museum dates back to the fo ...
, Leipzig, 2006). Edited by
Michael Eissenhauer and Hans W. Schmidt. Hirmer, 2005
External links
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Artist families
18th-century German painters
19th-century German painters