A Life Shaped by the Old Masters The story of Friedrich Bury is one deeply intertwined with the cultural currents of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Europe. Born in Hanau, Germany, his artistic journey began under the watchful eye of his father, Jean Jacques Bury, a goldsmith and engraver who provided his first lessons in drawing. This foundational training was soon expanded through studies with Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, s…