Moritz Retzsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Moritz Retzsch

German artist

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1779

Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1857

Profession: illustrator, painter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Moritz Retzsch

  • Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (December 9, 1779 - June 11, 1857) was a German painter, draughtsman, and etcher. Retzsch was born in the Saxon capital Dresden.
  • He joined the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1798 under Cajetan Toscani and Józef Grassi, later working autodidactically, copying the famous pictures of the Gemäldegalerie, among them a copy of the Sixtinian Madonna.
  • He was made a member of the Academy in 1817 and professor in 1824.
  • The Cotta publishing house commissioned illustrations for Johann Wolfgang Goethe's Faust (26 plates), which made him financially independent.
  • Goethe liked his work, and he illustrated works by other famous authors, most notably Friedrich Schiller's Lied von der Glocke (43 plates), a Shakespeare Gallery (80 plates), and Bürger's Ballads (15 plates).
  • He also did oil paintings on classical subjects, and portraits.
  • Many of his works were created in a house in the Lößnitz, with a view of the Elbe Valley.As a winemaker, he was a member of the Saxon wine association from 1799 onwards.
  • Retzsch died in Oberlössnitz/Radebeul.

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