Joseph Caspar
Painting, Visual Artist
1799 – 1847
Who was Joseph Caspar?
Joseph Caspar was a Swiss painter and engraver.
When Caspar was 16 he went to Rome and studied there by copying the works of old masters. Following Wilhelm von Schadow’s advise Caspar went to Berlin in 1820. In Berlin he settled down as a freelance artist.
The privy council of Beuth (German: Geheimrat von Beuth) advised him to specialize in the copper engraving and supported him financially. Therefore Caspar could be Giuseppe Longhi’s and Pietro Anderloni’s student for about four years in Milan.
In 1826 Caspar returned to Berlin Soon he was appointed as a librarian of the Berlin University of the Arts.
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