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Christoph Nathe
Christoph Nathe (3 January 1753, Bielawa Dolna, Nieder-Bielau - 10 December 1806, Smolnik, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Schadewalde) was a German Portrait miniature, miniaturist, watercolorist and etcher. Life and work He was born to a family of farmers. After completing his secondary education, he took his first drawing lessons from . His work was noticed by the naturalist, , who became his patron. When Gersdorff went to Leipzig, In 1774, he made it possible for Nathe to study at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Academy of Fine Arts with Adam Friedrich Oeser. He also received professional advice from Johann Friedrich Bause, a portrait engraver. From 1783 to 1784, he accompanied the ornithologist, Karl Andreas von Meyer zu Knonow (1744-1797), a relative of Gersdorff's, on an extensive tour of Switzerland, which he later described as the high point of his life. The drawings he created while there were in great demand in Leipzig. Despite this, he felt that his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Watercolourists
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19th-century German Etchers
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