Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich - Artist Info

About Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

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Ernst Dietrich, Christian Dietricy
  • Biography

    Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich studied in his father's workshop and later with Johann Alexander Thiele in Dresden. In the mid-thirties of the 18th century, his most productive artistic phase began. In 1741, he was appointed painter to the royal court of the Elector in Dresden and later became inspector of the Kurfuerstliche Galerie. Dietrich was part of the circle of scholars of Nuthnitz and had close relations with prominent artists of his time such as Anton Raphael Mengs, Anton Graff, and Johann Georg Wille. He also became a member of the Dresden Academy of Art in 1764 and served as director in the drawing school at the porcelain manufactory of Meissen....

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