Johann Gottfried Schadow

(1764–1850) tysk slulptör, grafiker, målare och konstteoretiker

Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a printmaker. By year of birth, Johann Gottfried Schadow belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Johann Gottfried Schadow was born in Berlin and died in Berlin. Johann Gottfried Schadow studied under Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. Johann Gottfried Schadow worked in Berlin. Johann Gottfried Schadow became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Königlich Sächsischer Altertumsverein. The awards include Royal Order of the Polar Star and Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order. The students included Christian Friedrich Tieck, Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Christian Daniel Rauch.

One of the best-known works is ‘Princesses Monument’. The works belong mainly to the genres graphics, printmaking, and engraving. The catalogue has 14 works by Johann Gottfried Schadow with free images. The dated works span the years 1780–1900. Works by Johann Gottfried Schadow are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, and Alte Nationalgalerie. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Isaac Cruikshank, Josef Abel, Grigory Ugryumov, Barbara Krafft, and Zygmunt Vogel.

• Neoclassicism
• Princesses Monument