Education
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
He was a painter of portraits and historical themes and became the father of painter Therese Schwartze and the sculptor Georgine Schwartze. At the age of three his family left Amsterdam for Philadelphia, where his father began a paint and varnish factory. There the young Johann was taught by Emanuel Leutze.
In 1838 he returned to Europe and spent six years at the Düsseldorf Academy under Von Schadow and Sohn.
At the same time, he took private lessons from the landscape-painter Lessing. Another daughter, Clara Theresia, became the mother of the artists Lizzy and Sorella Ansingh.
He is known for portraits, landscapes, and genre works. He died in Amsterdam and was buried 2 September 1874 in the Oosterbegraafplaats, today known as De Nieuwe Ooster.
Arti et Amicitiae]
In 1845 he was back in Amsterdam where he became a member of the Koninklijke Academie and in 1847 he became a member of Arti et Amicitiae.