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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Also known as
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
primary name:
Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst
other name:
Dietricy, Christian Wilhelm Ernst
Details
individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; German; Male
Life dates
1712-1774
Biography
Painter and etcher. Born Weimar 1712, died Dresden 1774. 1725 Dresden, studied with Alexander Thiele. 1731 court painter under Augustus the Strong, using the name 'Dietericy' from c.1732. 1734 visit to Netherlands. 1741 appointed court painter to Augustus III; 1742/44 Italy. 1748 superintendent of the Dresden painting collection. 1763 professor at Dresden Academy and 1764-66 director of the art school attached to the Meissen porcelain manufactory.
Bibliography
Biography and good catalogue in Heineken's Nachrichten, I 1768, pp.127-63, and in his later 'Dictionnaire des artistes' (IV pp.673-712; Heineken knew him well). Linck, J. F.: 'Monographie der von C. W. E. Dietrich radierten, geschabten und in Holz geschnittenen malerischen Vorstellungen', Berlin 1846. (181 prints).