• Was a German painter and printmaker with Huguenot and Polish ancestry. • He was born in the city of Gdańsk in Poland. • When his father died, both Daniel (aged 16) and his younger brother Gottfried Chodowiecki went to live with their uncle in Berlin. • In Germany Daniel received artistic training from the painter Haid in Augsburg. • His brother also became a painter.
• He spent most of his life in Berlin.
• His works includes several thousand etchings, usually rather small, and many drawings and paintings.
• In 1797 Chodowiecki was appointed director of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. • He died in Berlin on 7 February 1801.