Saturday, May 23, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT- 1755-1822. b. hanover. learned the rudiments of art there. 1 yr dusseldorf, 1 at 266 went to rome. 1st copied paintings, then landscapes. good watercolor. an original in oil. david wanted him to come to paris, but he had a roman woman in mind. 1787 accidently drank 3/4 oz of sugar of lead. slow + incomplete recovery. turned to music.
i found way more paintings from that one that SUUUUUUUCKED. no watercolors. quite a ladies man. maybe poisoned?
