(26 July 1737, Frankfurt am Main - 5 November 1806, Weimar) was a German painter. A student of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, he was also a teacher himself (his pupils included Ferdinand Jagemann), as well as an entrepreneur and friend of Goethe. He was a co-founder of the Ferstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar with Friedrich Justin Bertuch in 1776.
Related Paintings of Georg Melchior Kraus :. | Donor | The Wreck of the Iron Crown | Doctor Devaraigne (mk39) | abstract art in five tones and complementaries | A Nip Against the Cold | Related Artists: Vincenzo Giacomelli Italian, 1841-1890 Bonifacio Bembo Italian Early Renaissance Painter, active 1444-1477 Peder Monsted Danish, 1859 - 1941