Artist
Joseph Fratrel
French, 1727–1783
Joseph Fratrel was a French Romanticism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Joseph Fratrel was born in Épinal.
Overview
Joseph Fratrel, was a distinguished painter and etcher in France. Born at Épinal in 1730, he was a scholar of Baudouin in Paris. He became court painter for King Stanislaus and the Elector-Palatine Charles Theodore: in the Darmstadt Museum is a portrait of the Electress. He died at Mannheim on May 15, 1783. The following are his best-known works:
Joseph's Dream; after L. Krahe. The Miller's Son. St. Nicholas.
Collections represented
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