Artist Birthdays September 15 – JACOB PHILIPP HACKERT

JACOB HACKERT  (September 15, 1737 – April 28, 1807)

• Nationality: German
• Field: Painting
• Art Movement: Classicism, Romanticism
• ARTiFact: He sensitively upheld the tradition of ideal landscape painting and meticulously reproduced the realistic details in nature.
• Artist Quote: “Some landscapes give us exceptional pleasure when they represent localities where great deeds, such as battles, or other grand historical events took place.”
• Important Artwork (shown below): Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1774.

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