Johann Friedrich Weitsch, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Friedrich Weitsch

German painter

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1723

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1803

Profession: painter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johann Friedrich Weitsch, called "Pacha Weitsch", from his fancy for Oriental costumes, was born at Hessendamm, near Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany, in 1723.
He was the son of a house-tiler, but from his youth had a bent towards art.
His having become a sergeant in the army, his colonel once called upon him to copy a few landscapes, which, though his first attempts at painting, were so successful that he thenceforth devoted himself exclusively to art.
He copied pictures in the gallery at Salzdahlen, and was then appointed to a post in the porcelain factory at Furstenberg.
He pursued oil painting at the same time, and studied from nature and the old Dutch masters.
His works were at first small landscapes and views of towns, but later on he took to woody scenes, and especially oak forests with cattle.
In 1788 he became inspector of the Salzdahlen gallery, and died in that place in 1803.
Four landscapes by him are in the gallery at Brunswick. His son was the painter Friedrich Georg Weitsch.



Alternative names	Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Description	German-Polish painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death	16 October 1726	7 February 1801
Location of birth/death	Gdansk	Berlin
Work location	Berlin
Authority control	: Q696720 VIAF: 59092320 ISNI: 0000 0001 2134 8231 ULAN: 500014861 LCCN: n50038187 NLA: 36058735 WorldCat