Benjamin Zobel

Benjamin Zobel (21 September 1762 – 24 October 1830) was a German-British painter, who developed the technique of sandpainting, also called marmotinto.

[3] Zobel was born in Memmingen, Holy Roman Empire, at Weinmarkt 7, the family home and pastry business.

His career in London began as a master pastry-chef at the court of the German-speaking King George III.

King George III suggested making longer lasting pictures and Benjamin Zobel developed a technique using colored sand fixed to wood or pasteboard using glue.

[5] Many of Benjamin Zobel's sandpaintings feature animals and country scenes similar to those seen in the paintings of his friend George Morland, a painter prominent in the "Isle of Wight School".