Friedrich Georg Weitsch

Friedrich Georg Weitsch studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Training under Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch and Johann Heinrich Tischbein is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kassel, Brunswick and Düsseldorf. Employment is recorded with Stobwasser manufactury. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Friedrich Georg Weitsch is recorded in the collections of Hermitage Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Städel Museum and National Museum Paleis het Loo.

section His father, Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch, was a well-known artist. His younger brother, Johann Anton August Weitsch, also became a painter. He initially studied with his father. After 1776, he continued his studies with Johann Heinrich Tischbein in Kassel. After studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Lambert Krahe, he obtained a position with the lacquerware manufacturer, Stobwasser (Manufaktur), where his father was a painting instructor. From 1784 to 1787, he lived abroad; first in Amsterdam, then in Rome and Florence. Upon returning home, he received an invitation from Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, to work as his court painter. In that capacity, he created numerous portraits of the Duke and his family; both in Braunschweig and at Salzdahlum Castle. His portraits often showed the influence of Anton Graff. In 1794, he was elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin, and married Elizabeth Schroeder. The marriage was childless. Following the death of Bernhard Rode, he went to the academy to teach art history. He was named a Rector in 1798. That same year, he was appointed a Royal Court Painter. His works may be seen at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, the Städtisches Museum (Braunschweig), and the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum.