Johann Heinrich Meyer
Visual Artist
1760 – 1832
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Who was Johann Heinrich Meyer?
Johann Heinrich Meyer was a Swiss painter and art writer active in Weimar. A pupil of Henry Fuseli, he went to Rome in 1784, and befriended Goethe in 1787, becoming his right-hand-man in artistic matters. From 1791 he lived in Weimar, working from 1806 as director of its Fürstlichen freien Zeichenschule.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1760
Stäfa - Nationality
- Switzerland
- Lived in
- Stäfa
- Died
- Oct 14, 1832
Jena
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on July 23, 2013
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