Mengs, Anton Raphael
1728 - Born on March 12th in Aussig, Bohemia. German painter who was perhaps the leading artist of early Neoclassicism.
1740-1744 - Mengs began to study art seriously at the age of twelve, when he accompanied his father on a trip to Rome.
- He remained there for four years making drawings, and then returned to Dresden where he quickly achieved success as a pastel portrait painter.
1745 - He became painter to the Saxon court in Dresden and executed a large number of portraits, most in brightly coloured pastels.
1746 - During his second trip to Rome, Mengs began using oils.
1749 - Mengs had converted to Catholicism and married a young Roman woman.
- He was highly thought of in Rome, where he was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca and held a teaching post at the Accademia del Nudo.
1779 - Died on June 29th in Rome, Italy.
1740-1744 - Mengs began to study art seriously at the age of twelve, when he accompanied his father on a trip to Rome.
- He remained there for four years making drawings, and then returned to Dresden where he quickly achieved success as a pastel portrait painter.
1745 - He became painter to the Saxon court in Dresden and executed a large number of portraits, most in brightly coloured pastels.
1746 - During his second trip to Rome, Mengs began using oils.
1749 - Mengs had converted to Catholicism and married a young Roman woman.
- He was highly thought of in Rome, where he was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca and held a teaching post at the Accademia del Nudo.
1779 - Died on June 29th in Rome, Italy.
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