 johann friedrich overbeck (3 july 1789 â 12 november 1869), was a german painter and member of the nazarene movement. he also made four etchings. ==biography== thumb||| easter morning  born in lÃ¼beck, his ancestors for three generations had been protestant pastors; his father christian adolph overbeck (1755â1821) was doctor of law, poet, mystic pietist and burgomaster of lÃ¼beck. within a stone's throw of the family mansion in the konigstrasse stood the gymnasium, where the uncle, doctor of theology and a voluminous writer, was the master; there the nephew became a classic scholar and received instruction in art. the young artist left lÃ¼beck in march 1806, and entered as student the academy of vienna, then under the direction of heinrich fÃ¼ger. fÃ¼ger had trained under the french neoclassic painter jacques-louis david. while overbeck clearly accrued some of the polished technical aspects of the neoclassic painters, he was alienated by lack of religious spirituality in the themes chosen by his masters. overbeck wrote to a friend that he had fallen among a vulgar set, that every noble thought was suppressed within the academy and that losing all faith in humanity, he had turned inward to his faith for inspiration. in overbeck's view, the nature of earlier european art had been corrupted throughout contemporary europe, starting centuries before the french revolution, and the process of discarding its christian orientation was proceeding further now. he sought to express christian art before the corrupting influence of the late renaissance, casting aside his contemporary influences, and taking as a guide early italian renaissance painters, up to and including raphael. after four years, their differences between his group and others in the academy had grown so irreconcilable, that overbeck and his followers were expelled. he left for rome, where he arrived in 1810, carrying his half-finished canvas of christ's entry into jerusalem. rome became for 59 years the centre of his labor. he was joined by a company of like-minded artists, including peter von cornelius, friedrich wilhelm schadow and philipp veit, who jointly housed in the old franciscan conve
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