Johann Sebastian Bach II (1748 - 1778)

Born 26 Sep 1748 in Berlin, Prussia

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Died 11 Sep 1778 at age 29 in Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach (26 September 1748 – 11 September 1778) was a German painter. He was the son of composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and the grandson of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach was born in Berlin. He studied under Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig. In May 1773, he moved to Dresden, and in February 1776 he moved to Hamburg, where his father was Director of Music. In September 1776 he embarked on a study trip to Rome, where he became seriously ill soon after his arrival in February 1777 and died of this unknown ailment in 1778.

Bach created mostly brush drawings of idyllic landscapes, bustling with people. His works show the influence of Salomon Gessner. Towards the end of his life, he turned to representations of people and created historical and mythological scenes. He also made vignettes and illustrations of works by Gottlieb Rabener and Christian Felix Weiße.

Collections of his works are in Coburg, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Vienna.

Notes

The suffix of "II" does not mean that he is a "junior" it was merely added to his name during his lifetime to distinguish himself from his Grandfather Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

Sources

• Karl Geiringer, The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954), p. 336.
• Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971: Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry Record GLutheranGermany #3285135
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach_(painter)
• https://archive.org/details/bachfamilyseveng00geir/page/336/mode/2up