Johann Christian Brand (1722–1795)

• Was an Austrian painter.
• Son of the German painter Christian Hilfgott Brand who taught in Vienna with Karl Aigen) and brother of Friedrich August Brand.
• Johann Christian Brand influenced ending the baroque era of landscape painting.
• He died in Vienna.
• Johann Christian Brand studied at the Vienna Academy from 1736.
• He was awarded with the titles Kammermaler in 1766 and "Professor of Landscape Drawing" in 1772.
• Works by Johann Christian Brand are contained in Laxenburg Castle, Österreichische Galerie in Belvedere Palace, Vienna Art History Museum, Museum of Military History, National Gallery Prague, Göttweig, Klosterneuburg, Museum at the Schottenstift, Liechtenstein and Harrach galleries.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Adam Bartsch, Portrait of Johann Christian Brand, 1793.
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