Johann Alexander Thiele [SEP] place of death
Johann Alexander Thiele
Johann Alexander Thiele (26 March 1685 in Erfurt – 22 May 1752 in Dresden) was a German painter and engraver.
Life and work.
After five years of apprenticeship as a printer in Erfurt, he was married in Arnstadt in 1710 and moved to Dresden in 1715, where he copied old paintings, was a student of Christoph Ludwig Agricola and worked briefly with Adam Manyoki, although he remained largely an auto-didact. In 1722, he presented his paintings for the first time during a
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Three years after his death, the art historian and collector wrote his biography (although it appears to be unavailable at present). His son, , also became a well-known landscape painter.
Further reading.
- Moritz Stubel, "Der Landschaftsmaler Johann Alexander Thiele und seine sächsischen Prospekt", B.C. Teubner, 1914
- Hendrik Bärnighausen, et al. ""Wie über die Natur die Kunst des Pinsels steigt": Johann Alexander Thiele (1685-1752) : Thüringer Prospekte und Landschafts-