Johann Heinrich Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Heinrich Meyer

Swiss artist

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1760

Place of Birth: Stäfa, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 14-Oct-1832

Profession: writer, painter, art historian, art critic

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Johann Heinrich Meyer (16 March 1760, Stäfa, Zürich - 14 October 1832, Jena) was a Swiss painter and art writer active in Weimar.
A pupil of Henry Fuseli, he went to Rome in 1784, and befriended Goethe in 1787, becoming his right-hand-man in artistic matters (with the nicknames Kunschtmeyer and Goethemeyer).
From 1791 he lived in Weimar, working from 1806 as director of its Fürstlichen freien Zeichenschule.