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| Johannes Esaias Nilson (1721–1788) | ||||||||||
| A German miniature painter, engraver, watercolourist, draughtsman, and publisher, called ‘the German Watteau,’ Nilson was born in Augsburg to a family of artists, his father being the Swedish painter Andreas Nilson. He studied under Johann Thomas Kraus and Johann Lorenz Heid, training as an engraver and miniaturist, and moved into designing, engraving, and etching. His output includes richly Rococo decorative prints spanning portraits and figure scenes within ornamental borders, reflecting the 18th century’s decorative art. Nilson founded a publishing house in 1752, became court painter to the Elector Palatine in 1761, joined the Catholic Kayserlich Franciscan Academy of Fine Arts and Sciences in Augsburg in 1766, and was appointed its President in 1778. From 1769 until his death in Augsburg, he served as Protestant director at the Augsburg City Art Academy. Recognised as a key figure of the Augsburg style, he profoundly shaped decorative arts, especially ceramics. | ||||||||||
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