Anton Dieffenbach

Anton Heinrich Dieffenbach (4 February 1831, Wiesbaden – 29 November 1914, Le Hohwald) was a German landscape and genre painter; noted for his portrayals of cute children.

He moved to Straßburg with his parents in 1840 and took lessons from a local artist named Charles Duhamel.

Following Pradier's death in 1852, he returned to Germany and settled in Wiesbaden and decided to devote himself entirely to painting.

In 1863, after a brief period of military service, he settled in Paris and lived there until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.

He was named an honorary member of the "Association of Straßburg Artists" and spent his summer months in the Vosges, where he made numerous sketches that he turned into oils at his studio.