Johann Karl Bähr, who was born at Riga in 1801, studied under Matthaei in Dresden, and completed his art education by a sojourn in Italy. He finally settled at Dresden, and in 1840 was made a Professor at the Academy of Fine Art. He died there in 1869. Baehr produced, besides many portraits, numerous historical works of merit. He was also the author of several literary productions. The following are some of his best paintings;
Virgil and Dante.
The Anabaptists in Münster (lithographed hy Hanfstängl, and by Teichgräber).
Iwan the Cruel, of Russia, warned of his death by a Finnish Magician {signed and dated 1850); in the Dresden Galiery.
Christ and St. Thomas (at Kiev).
Christ on the Cross (at Zschopau),
Portrait of Julius Mosen (lithographed hy Hanfstängl).
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This article incorporates text from the article "BAEHR, Johann Karl" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1889 publication now in the public domain.
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