Ernst Joachim Förster was a German painter and an art critic, brother of Friedrich Christoph Förster

Friedrich Christoph Förster

Friedrich Christoph Förster , German historian and poet, was the second son of Karl Christoph Förster , and consequently a brother of the painter, Ernst Joachim Förster...

, author of a number of elaborate and important works bearing on the history of art

History of art

The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...

 in Germany

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 and Italy

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.

He was born in Saaleplatte

Saaleplatte

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 and was the son-in-law of Jean Paul

Jean Paul

Jean Paul , born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.-Life and work:...

, whose works he edited, and to whose biography he made contributions of great value. It is known that he lived at Löwen Straße 8 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

around 1850.