Johann Frank Kirchbach

Johann Frank Kirchbach (2 June 1859, London – 19 March 1912, Schliersee), was a German historical-, portrait-, genre- and landscape-painter; who also operated as a graphic designer and illustrator.

In 1882, He won first prize for his painting "Duke Christoph the fighter, on the corpse of the last Abensberger"[1] Between 1882 and 1883, he traveled to Italy, France, and England.

He then studied in Paris, with Mihály Munkácsy, and created a monumental painting of "Ganymede".

Between 1884 and 1886, he was in Munich and created the colossal painting, "Christ Drives the Money Changers Out of the Temple.

"[4] He was, however, primarily busy with illustrations, such as for the works of Goethe and Paul Heyse, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and various youth literature.