1812-1879 DE, Munich
Michael Echter (5 March 1812, Munich — 4 February 1879, Munich) was a German painter. History painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Heinrich Hess, Clemens Zimmermann,and Julius Schnorr, then of Olivier; assisted Schnorr in the decoration of the Royal Palace in Munich, and in 1846 Kaulbach, by whom he was much influenced, in that ofthe Berlin Museum. After his return to Munich, he became member of the Academy in 1862, and professor at the Art School of Industry in 1868. Order of St. Michael,Twelve Months represented by Children's Figures.