Johann Heinrich Meyer
Not to be confused with Johann Heinrich Meyer (publisher).
| Johann Heinrich Meyer | |
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16 March 1760 Stäfa, Zürich |
| Died |
14 October 1832 (aged 72) Jena |
Johann Heinrich Meyer (16 March 1760, Stäfa, Zürich - 14 October 1832, Jena) was a Swiss painter and art writer active in Weimar. A pupil of Henry Fuseli, he went to Rome in 1784, and befriended Goethe in 1787, becoming his right-hand-man in artistic matters (with the nicknames Kunschtmeyer and Goethemeyer). From 1791 he lived in Weimar, working from 1806 as director of its Fürstlichen freien Zeichenschule.
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