Sophie Dinglinger

German artist (1736–1791)

Sophie Dinglinger
Born	Sophie Friederike 1736 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	1791 (aged 54–55)
Known for	Miniature painting Pastels

Sophie Friederike Dinglinger (1736–1791) was a German painter.

Life and work

Born in Dresden, Dinglinger was the daughter of goldsmith Johann Friedrich Dinglinger, and granddaughter of the better known goldsmith Johann Melchior Dinglinger. She studied with Adam Friedrich Oeser. She invented a method to fix pastel to paper which was used by, among others, Dora Stock; this appears to have allowed the use of deeper colors and a naturalistic treatment of fabric. She produced miniature paintings and pastels during her career.^[1] Henriette-Félicité Tassaert lived with Dinglinger during the start of her sojourn in Dresden.^[2]

References

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^ Profile Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
^ Profile of Henriette-Félicité Tassaert Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.