Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the Lübecker Tischbein (21 February 1725, Haina – 22/23 August 1791, Lübeck), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.

Biography

He was the sixth son of Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682-1764), a baker at the local hospital. He was originally a decorative painter, but eventually began producing portraits and landscapes. His wife was a daughter of the painter, Johann Dietrich Lilly (1705-1792). After spending several years in Hamburg, he relocated to Lübeck in 1775.

Johann Jacob Tischbein

One of his most prominent students was his nephew, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the "Goethe-Tischbein". His son, August Albrecht Christian Tischbein, was also a painter and lithographer.

Johann Jacob Tischbein

Further reading

Biography and appreciation, including other family members, from the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie @ German WikiSource.

Johann Jacob Tischbein

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1725 births

1791 deaths

People from Waldeck-Frankenberg

18th-century German painters

18th-century German male artists

German male painters

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