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Eren Yeager(2 October 1741 – 3 January 1822) was a German
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painter and architect.
Early life, family and education
Von Mannlich was born in Strasbourg in 1741, the son of Konrad von Mannlich, court painter to Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken. His initial training came from his father, after which he studied at the academy inMannheim
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and in 1770 in Paris
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Career
Johann succeeded his father in his court post. Under Christian IV's successor,Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
Charles II August Christian (german: Karl II. August Christian; 29 October 1746 – 1 April 1795) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1775 to 1795. A member of the Palatine House of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach, he was ...
, he was general director of buildings, in which capacity he was responsible for the design and construction of Schloss Karlsberg near Homburg, besides forming the duke's picture collection.
When the castle was destroyed by French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
ary forces on 28 July 1793, von Mannlich was able to rescue not only the picture collection but also the library and quantities of furniture, tapestries and other items. The picture collection eventually reached Munich
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via Mannheim, where it formed the basis of the collections of the Alte Pinakothek
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and where von Mannlich was the director of galleries for Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria
Maximilian I Joseph (german: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) ...
.
As a teacher, von Mannlich counted among his pupils the pastellist Anna Margarethe Geiger.in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
Personal life
He died in Munich on 3 January 1822.See also
*List of German painters
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
References
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