Friedlinger john artist biography

German painter (–)

Johnny Friedlaender (26 December &#; 18 June ) was a leading German/French 20th-century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States.

He has been influential upon other notable artists, who were students in his Paris gallery. Johnny painted using oils and watercolors but his preferred medium was aquatintetching which is a technically difficult artistic process, of which Friedlaender has been a pioneer.

Friedlinger john artist biography

Early years

Gotthard Johnny Friedlaender was born in Pless (Pszczyna), Prussian Silesia, as the son of a pharmacist. He graduated from the Breslau (Wrocław) high school in and then attended the Academy of Arts (Akademie der Bildenden Kunste) in Breslau, where he studied under Otto Mueller.

He graduated from the Academy as a master student in In he moved to Dresden where he held exhibitions at the J. Sandel Gallery and at the Dresden Art Museum. He was in Berlin for part o