(26 July 1737, Frankfurt am Main - 5 November 1806, Weimar) was a German painter. A student of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, he was also a teacher himself (his pupils included Ferdinand Jagemann), as well as an entrepreneur and friend of Goethe. He was a co-founder of the Ferstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar with Friedrich Justin Bertuch in 1776.
Related Paintings of Georg Melchior Kraus :. | wilhelm von wright | The Sculptor of portrait | Wyschniety potok w Tatrach | Eventide | Provencal Landscape | Related Artists: nicolaes eliasz pickenoy 1590-1654 Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn Flemish painter 1565-1620 John Dalbiac Luard LD 1872-1944 Nationality: English