Anton Graff | |
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 With this self-portrait (1765) on 16 January 1766, in Dresden, Graff's career as one of the most famous portrait artists of the Neoclassicism began | |
| Born | 18 November 1736 |
| Died | 22 June 1813 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | Johann Ulrich Schellenberg, Johann Jacob Haid, Leonhard Schneider |
| Known for | Portrait Painting |
| Notable work | Portrait of Frederick the Great (1781). His masterpiece |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
| Awards | 1783: Honorary Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1812: Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Patron(s) | Royal Courts of Prussia and Saxony |
Anton Graff (18 November 1736 – 22 June 1813) was an eminent Swiss portrait artist.
Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie Seyler, Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Moses Mendelssohn and Christian Felix Weiße. His pupils included Emma Körner, Philipp Otto Runge and Karl Ludwig Kaaz.