Gottlieb Schick

Christian Gottlieb Schick (15 August 1776 – 7 May 1812) was a German Neoclassical painter. His history paintings, portraits, and landscapes are characterized by romantic tendencies. Of these, he is best known for his portraits.

Gottlieb Schick; artist and
date unknown
Heinrike Dannecker (1802)

Life and work

He was born in Stuttgart. He studied from 1795 to 1797 at the Hohe Karlsschule under Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch, a follower of Jacques-Louis David.[1] In 1797–98 he studied under Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, after which he relocated to Paris where he spent 1799 to 1802 in David's studios.[1]

Between 1802 and 1811 he stayed in Rome, where he became an important figure in that city's artistic and intellectual circles.[1] He was an especially good friend of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his family. In Schick's last years, his style of Raphaelesque classicism gradually acquired a romantic orientation. In 1809, he was presented with a special citation by a group of French and Italian artists.

He returned to Stuttgart in 1811, but died there only a few months later, of heart disease.

References
  1. Bernardini, Ingrid Sattel. "Schick, Gottlieb". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.

Further reading
  • Wintterlin (1890), "Schick, Gottlieb", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 31, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 161–166
  • Simon, Karl: "Ph. Fr. Hetsch u. Gottlieb Schick in ihren persönl. Beziehungen." in: Württ. Vierteljahresschr. f. Landesgeschichte, ed. 20–21, 1911, p. 161 ff.
  • Von Holst, Christian (Ed.): Schwäbischer Klassizismus zwischen Ideal und Wirklichkeit 1770-1830. Stuttgart, 1993. ISBN 3-7757-0418-3
  • Gottlieb Schick. Ein Maler des Klassizismus. Ed. Ulrike Gauß & Christian von Holst. (Exhibit Catalog). Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 1976.
  • Bernardini, Ingrid Sattel. "Schick, Gottlieb". In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed 30 December 2011; subscription required).
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