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Johann Valentin Tischbein (11 December 1715, in
Biographical notes
@ Hessian Biography
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
*Servé Minis, ''De terugkeer van de gouverneurs. De gouverneursportretten uit het Jachtslot Fasanerie te Fulda'', Bonnefanten, 1998
Johann Valentin Tischbein (11 December 1715, 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 ...
– 24 April 1768, in Hildburghausen
Hildburghausen (IPA adapted from: ) is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the district Hildburghausen.
Geography
It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra river ...
) was a German painter from the Tischbein family
The Tischbein family was a German family of artists, originating in Hesse and spanning three generations. The family patriarch, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764), was a master baker at the State Hospital in Haina. The Tischbeins also produced ...
of artists.
Biography
His father, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764) was a baker; five of whose eight children became painters. From 1729 to 1736, he studied art; first inDarmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
with the court painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
Johann Christian Fiedler
Johann Christian Fiedler (31 October 1697, Pirna - 5 September 1765, Darmstadt) was a German portrait painter. Some sources give his year of death as 1768.
Biography
His father was a brewmaster and his mother's family had long served in the c ...
, then in Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
with the portrait painter, Johann Georg von Freese (1701–1775).
His whereabouts for the next three years is uncertain, although he appears to have spent some time in Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
. In 1739 he worked for the House of Solms
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
and was appointed court painter in 1741. From 1744 to c.1747, he served as court painter to the Hohenlohe
The House of Hohenlohe () is a German princely dynasty. It ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire which was divided between several branches. The Hohenlohes became imperial counts in 1450. The county was divided numerous time ...
s in Kirchberg an der Jagst
Kirchberg an der Jagst is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Jagst, 11 km northwest of Crailsheim.
The Second World War resistance member Friedrich Gustav Jaeger
Fried ...
, where he was married. His next known location was Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
, where he had a commission from , the military Governor, to create a series of nine (mostly posthumous) portraits of his predecessors (currently on display at the in Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
). It was there that his son, 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 his ...
was born. Shortly after, he and his family moved to The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
and Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
.
He returned to Germany in 1764 and became a theater painter for the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse betwee ...
. His first wife died sometime during this period and he remarried in 1765. Later, he worked as court painter for Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Ernest Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (10 June 1727 in Königsberg, Bavaria, Königsberg in Bayern – 23 September 1780 in Straufhain, Seidingstadt), was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Biography
Ernest Frederick was born on 1 ...
, although he continued to do occasional work for the Landgraviate.
Sources
Biographical notes
@ Hessian Biography
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
*Servé Minis, ''De terugkeer van de gouverneurs. De gouverneursportretten uit het Jachtslot Fasanerie te Fulda'', Bonnefanten, 1998
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tischbein 1715 births 1768 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters Johann Valentin German portrait painters Court painters People from Waldeck-Frankenberg