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Daniel Chodowiecki

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Chodowiecki, though speaking only French and German (due to his offices in the Huguenot French community in Berlin he often spoke French), many times also declared his Polish allegiance and had his son Isaac Heinrich, born in Berlin, painted as a very young child with a Polish outfit and haircut.
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and others. He also painted many portraits of Polish nobility and was interested in Huguenot and Polish history as well, making some paintings on the subjects. He was in tune with the developing spirit of the age, and many works reflect the cult of
97:. When his father died, both Daniel (aged 16) and his younger brother Gottfried Chodowiecki went to live with their uncle in Berlin, who offered to educate them. In Germany Daniel received artistic training from the painter Haid in 226:. Because of his mother's and his wife's Huguenot descent he was very close to the Huguenots of Berlin. Nearly all his life and career was spent in Germany, writing in German and living in Berlin from the age of almost 17. 403: 210:, a small sketch on a plate lying outside the main image. These were originally little sketches or doodles by artists, not really meant to be seen, but Chodowiecki turned them into "bonus items" for collectors. 112:(1763–1819) and Henriette (1770–1880). Jeannette's daughter Marianne Gretschel née Chodowiecka Papin (1794–1870) and her son Heinrich Papin (1786–1839) also became artists. 162:, usually rather small, and many drawings and paintings. His book illustrations embrace almost all the great classics. His prints represent in great detail the life of the bourgeoisie during the 553: 508: 174:. In 1797 Chodowiecki was appointed director of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he died on 7 February 1801. The bulk of his work was in illustrating scientific books by 503: 277:. All the scenes in the film were composed of graphics by Chodowiecki, digitized, processed and animated for this sole purpose. The film is available free of charge at 523: 518: 74:, 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 89:, though this is not confirmed by independent records. Gottfried Chodowiecki, Daniel's father, was a tradesman in Danzig and his mother, Henriette Ayrer, of 442: 533: 218:
Chodowiecki wrote to Gräfin Solms-Laubach: "From my father's side I am Polish, a descendant of a brave nation which will soon vanish". In a letter to
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in 1788. He found his true calling and became the most famous German graphic artist of his time. His works include several thousand
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Soon Daniel was able to earn a living by painting. He was admitted to the Berlin Academy in 1764 and became vice-director under
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ancestry, was a Huguenot. Daniel's grandfather Christian was also a Danzig tradesman, who had moved his business there from
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A short animation entitled "Chodowiecki", based on Chodowiecki's life and work, was produced in 2020 by Polish director
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Gallery of works by Chodowiecki's brother - Gottfried at www.malarze.com
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One of his most popular books is the "Journey from Berlin to Danzig" (
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paternal ancestor Bartłomiej Chodowiecki lived in the 16th century in
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Charlotte Steinbrücker: Listy D. Chodowieckiego. Berlin, 1921.
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He and his wife Jeanne Barez (1726–1785) had three daughters,
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Hartmut Boockmann, Ostpreußen und Westpreußen, Siedler 2002,
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Die Reise nach Danzig, Mit Daniel Chodowiecki durch Pommern
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Portrait of Daniel Chodowiecki, painted posthumously by
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Index


Adolph von Menzel
German
printmaker
Huguenot
etcher
Berlin
Berlin Academy of Art
Danzig
Poland
Huguenot
nobleman
Greater Poland
Swiss
Toruń
Augsburg
Jeannette
Suzanne

National Museum
Warsaw

etching
Partition of Poland
Bernhard Rode
etchings
Rococo
Classicism
Basedow
Buffon

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