Friedrich Carl Gröger
Friedrich Carl Groeger ( born October 14, 1766 Plön, † November 9, 1838 in Hamburg) was a North German portrait painter and lithographer.
Groeger was the son of a tailor in Plön, where he grew up in modest circumstances and according to the will of the parents initially also tailor or even Drechsler should be.
His parents were opposed to an early promotion of his talent. He made largely self-taught as a painter, but had in Lübeck probably quite Contact table leg and settled in 1785 in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck down. Here he found in Henry Jacob Aldenrath his first and most loyal student and lifelong friend.
Both studied from 1789 together at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Then they both went together to Hamburg and then moved, according to a joint study trip to Dresden and Paris, back to Lübeck, where she worked until 1807. Continue alternating between Hamburg, Copenhagen, Kiel and Lübeck, they settled permanently in 1814 in Hamburg down.
Groeger evolved from a miniature painter to the portrait painter who ultimately preferred life-sized busts. Aldenrath rounded the joint offer from a miniature painter. After the invention of lithography and lithography and their becoming known in North Germany, both also turned to this technique and perfected together under the name Groeger & Aldenrath in this.
Groeger was one of the most respected portrait painter of his time in Northern Germany. His works are in many museums, such as the Hamburger Kunsthalle, as well as in North German, and Danish particular holsteinischem privately owned. It was 1792 Honorary Member of the Society for the promotion of community service in Lübeck.
The Grögersweg in Hamburg- Barmbek is named after him - and connected on the road with the table leg Aldenrathsweg.
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Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer
Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder