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Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus
Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (b Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland], 16 Oct. 1726; d Berlin, 7 Feb. 1801). German painter, illustrator, and printmaker of Polish ancestry. He spent his career in Berlin, where he settled in 1743. Largely self-taught, he began with miniatures and progressed to oil paintings and etchings. From the late 1760s he concentrated on book illustrations and became the most prolific and famous German artist of his time in this field, with a huge and varied output. His illustrations of literary works include many attractive scenes of contemporary bourgeois life, and it is for these that he is chiefly remembered. In 1797 he became director of the Berlin Academy.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ChodowieckiDanielNikolaus.html IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ChodowieckiDanielNikolaus.html |
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Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus
Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726–1801). German painter, illustrator, and printmaker of Polish ancestry. He was born in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and spent his career in Berlin, where he settled in 1743. Largely self-taught, he began with miniatures and progressed to oil paintings and etchings. From the late 1760s he concentrated on book illustrations and became the most prolific and famous German artist of his time in this field, with a huge and varied output. His illustrations of literary works include many attractive scenes of contemporary bourgeois life, and it is for these that he is chiefly remembered. In 1797 he became director of the Berlin Academy.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ChodowieckiDanielNikolaus.html IAN CHILVERS. "Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ChodowieckiDanielNikolaus.html |
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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki , 1726–1801, German painter and engraver, b. Danzig. He was the most popular illustrator of his day in Prussia. The Departure of Jean Calas (1767) is his most famous painting. It is as an engraver, however, that Chodowiecki is best known. His book illustrations include designs for Schiller's Räuber, Cervantes's Don Quixote, Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, and Shakespeare's works. |
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"Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chodowie.html "Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chodowie.html |
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