Oil painting -> List of Painters ->Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki

Early Days:

   Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki was born in the city of (Gdansk)(Danzig) in Poland, and in a letter “in typical Berlin humor” wrote, “that he moved to Berlin, Germany, which shows for sure, that he is a 'genuine Pole'.” He kept close to the Huguenot scene, due to his ancestry. A distant ancestor Bartholomaus Chodowiecki had lived in the 1500s in Greater Poland.

Personal Details Name Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki Place of Birth Poland Date of Birth 16 October 1726 Date of Death 1801 Field Painting, Printmaking Nationality Polish

Career:

   Soon Daniel was able to earn a living by painting. He was admitted to the Berlin Academy in 1764 and became vice-director under Rhode in 1788. He had found his true calling and became the most famous German graphic artist of his time. His works include several thousand etchings, usually rather small, and many drawings and paintings. He illustrated nearly all of the great classics.

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