Artists and Art: 18th century

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Theobald Michau (1676-1765) Flemish Painter

Wilhelm von Kobell (1766-1853) German Painter

Wilhelm von Kobell was a German painter from a family of artists of Frankfurt am Main, active in the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilhelm was taught by his father Ferdinand Kobell, a landscape painter, and his uncle Franz Kobell. Later he studied at the Zeichnungsakademie in Mannheim.

Wilhelm von Kobell (1766-1853)

In 1790 Elector Palatine Charles Theodore, convinced of the young artist’s talent, purchased two landscapes, and the following year granted him 400 florins to travel to England and Italy; instead, Kobell used the money to finance a move (1793) to Munich. From 1792 Charles Theodore paid him an annual sum of 500 florins on condition that he deliver one picture each year to the Elector’s Gallery.