Franz Gareis

Johann Franz Peter Paul Gareis (28 June 1775, Ostritz - 31 May 1803, Rome) was a German portrait painter and illustrator.

[1] At the age of sixteen, he went to Dresden to inquire about the possibility of being admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts.

[1] He completed his work there shortly after and went on a study trip to Danzig, Narva and Memel, then back through Berlin to Dresden.

From 1798, he moved frequently, to Halle (1798), Leipzig (1799), Vienna (1799), Berlin (1800), Paris (1801) and finally to Rome (1803), painting numerous portraits all along the way.

[citation needed] His works include an altarpiece at the church in Reichenau (1798) and the canvas "Orpheus – Lament Before the God of the Underworld", which he had sent to Dresden for an exhibition, shortly before his death.