Friedrich Matthäi
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Johann Friedrich Matthäi (3 March 1777, Meissen - 23 October 1845, Vienna) was a German portrait and history painter.[1][2]
Life and work
He was the son of Johann Gottlob Matthäi (1753-1832), a
After study trips and stays in Florence (1802–1804), and Rome (1805–1807), he became a teacher at the Dresden Academy and, in 1810, was named its Director. In 1823, he was appointed Inspector (curator) for the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister; becoming its Director in 1834. He was one of the last exponents of pure Classicism in Germany. He died in Vienna, while returning from a trip to Italy. In Dresden
He was a longtime member of the Dresden
References
- ^ Entry @ the British Museum
- ^ Entry @ National Museums (Germany)
Further reading
- Hyacinth Holland (1884), "Matthaei, Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 606–607
- "Matthäi, Friedrich". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 24: Mandere–Möhl. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 260
External links
Media related to Friedrich Matthäi at Wikimedia Commons
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