Johann Adam Ackermann (November 3, 1780 – March 27, 1853) was a German

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

of the early 19th century. He was born in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

and moved to

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in 1804. His best-known works are his winter landscapes and

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s. He died in Frankfurt. Johann Ackermann was the brother of Georg Friedrich Ackermann (1787, Mainz – 1843, Frankfurt am Main), who also painted landscapes but with less success.

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* ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' 1780 births 1853 deaths Artists from Mainz 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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