Retzsch, FRIEDRICH AUGUST MORITZ, painter and engraver, was born in Dresden, 9th December 1779, and studied at the academy of his native city, where he became a professor in 1824. He died 11th June 1857. He has acquired great celebrity by his etchings in outline of Schiller and Goethe—those of Goethe's Faust being particularly well known—Fouquet's tales, and Shakespeare. His masterpiece is 'The Chess-players' (Man against Satan). Retzsch likewise painted admirably in oils.
Retzsch, FRIEDRICH AUGUST MORITZ
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