(b Berlin, 20 May 1764; d Berlin, 27 Jan 1850). Sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker and theorist. The sculpture for which he was principally known embraced both restrained, if sentimental, Neo-classicism and a strong and detailed realism. He was the first true exponent of the 19th-century Berlin sculptural tradition.

Part of the Schadow family

• Schadow, Johann Gottfried
  • Schadow
  • collaboration
    • Genelli: (1) Hans Christian Genelli
  • groups and movements
    • Berlin, §II, 3: Art life and organization, c 1806–c 1918
    • Verein Berliner Künstler
  • patrons and collectors
    • Germany, §IV, 4: Sculpture, c 1750–c 1900
    • Hohenzollern: (9) Frederick William II, King of Prussia
  • pupils
    • Begas, Reinhold
      • Begas: (2) Reinhold Begas
    • Gilly, Friedrich
      • Gilly: (2) Friedrich Gilly
    • Hübner, (Rudolph) Julius (Benno)
      • Hübner, Julius
    • Lucae, Richard
      • Lucae, Richard
    • Olivier, Friedrich (Woldemar)
      • Olivier: (3) Friedrich Olivier
    • Rauch, Christian Daniel
      • Rauch, Christian Daniel, §1(i): Training and early work, to 1815
    • Schadow, Ridolfo
      • Schadow: (2) Ridolfo Schadow
    • Tieck, (Christian) Friedrich
      • Tieck, Friedrich
    • Wichmann, Ludwig (Wilhelm)
      • Wichmann, Ludwig
    • Wolff, Emil
      • Wolff, Emil
    • Wredow, August (Julius)
      • Wredow, August
  • teachers
    • Tassaert: (1) Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert
  • works
    • Berlin, §II, 2: Art life and organization, 1688–c 1806
    • Berlin, §III, 3: Centre of porcelain production
    • Caricature, §1(ii): Western, 1720–1870
    • Schadow: (1) Johann Gottfried Schadow, §1: Early success, 1764–97
    • Siemering, Rudolf
    • Wittelsbach, §III: (3) Ludwig I, King of Bavaria
  • writings
    • Human proportion, §2: Painting and sculpture