Frank Kirchbach - Artist Info

About Frank Kirchbach

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Johann Frank Kirchbach
  • Biography

    Johann Frank Kirchbach was born in London in 1859. He studied from 1874-87 at the Academy in Dresden with Leon Pohle and Theodor Grosse. From 1882 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Alexander von Wagner.

    Together with the painters Joseph Flüggen, Hermann Schneider, Edward Unger and Ferdinand Wagner the Junger Kirchbach received the order to create a cycle of paintings in the Castel Drachenburg on the so called Drachenfels in the Siebengebirge.

    From 1883 to 84 Kirchbach traveled through Italy, France and England, followed by a longer stay in Paris. Back in Munich, he worked as an illustrator. In 1889 he was appointed to the Städel School in Frankfurt on the ...

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