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Encyclopedia > Anton Graff

Anton Graff (born November 18, 1736 in Winterthur, died June 22, 1813 in Dresden) was a famous portrait artist. Winterthur is a city in the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. ... Brühls Terrace and the Frauenkirche Dresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] (Sorbian/Lusatian Drježdźany), the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ...


Graff was born the son of a craftsman in Winterthur. There and in Augsburg he learned to paint. In 1766 he was appointed a painter and lecturer at the Dresden Art Academy. In his later years he turned to painting landscapes. Augsburg is a city in south central Germany. ...


He was one of the most important painters of his time. Some 2000 of his works survive.


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