Philipp Jakob Becker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German artist
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Place of Birth: Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Philipp Jakob Becker
- Philipp Jakob Becker, a German painter, was born at Pforzheim in 1763.
- At seventeen years of age he went to Rome, where he studied and formed his style under Raphael Mengs and Maron.
- In 1785 he returned to Carlsruhe, having acquired in Italy a high degree of skill in every technical requirement of his art.
- But he was wanting in poetic fancy, and did not succeed in any remarkable manner in oil painting.
- He died at Erlenbad in 1829.
- He left a large number of drawings in crayons and sepia, many of them copies, but all admirable for the taste and finish displayed in their execution.
- He was for many years Director of all the collections of paintings and engravings of the Grand Duke of Baden.
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