Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

(1751–1829) German painter (1751–1829)

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was born in Haina and died in Eutin. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein studied under Johann Heinrich Tischbein. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein worked in Hanover, Göttingen, Oldenburg, and Eutin. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein became a member of Freemasonry. The students included Friedrich August Rachau.

One of the best-known works is ‘Goethe in the Roman Campagna’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 31 works by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1850. Works by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein are held by several collections, among them Hamburger Kunsthalle, Grand ducal collection, Oldenburg, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Eremitaget.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ljudvig Guttenbrunn, George Engleheart, William Hamilton, Ralph Earl, and James Sharples (I).

• Neoclassicism
• Goethe in the Roman Campagna