F G ER, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH, a distinguished German painter, was born at Heilbron in Wiirtemberg, in 1751. He studied first in the academy at Dresden, whence ha went in 1774 to that of Vienna, where ha obtained the privilege of being sent as imperial pensioner to Rome. Ile remained about eight years in Rome, and in 1782 visited Naples, where he was employed to paint a series of frescoes in the library of Queen Caroline at Caserta, which he satisfactorily accomplished. In 1784 Ftiger was recalled to Vienna, and was appointed professor in and vice-director of the academy, and subsequently director. He died at Vienna in 1818. Fuger distinguished himself in fresco, oil, and miniature painting, and likewise etched several plates with skill. His style of design was however too academic; he was a venerator of Menge and imitated his style, and therefore, as with his model, the attainment of en imaginary ideal form engrossed his attention and became the chief object in his works, at the expense of character and other great qualities. Fuger painted several pictures from Roman
history ; some from mythology and Homer; a few from early Bible history ; and a series of twenty illustrations of the Messiah ' of Klopetock. Many of his works have been engraved ; the aeries from Klopatock, by J. F. Leybold and °theta. His last picture was a large allegory of the Restoration of Peace,' painted in 1815, to the glory of Francis I.; it represents the gratitude of the people on the bauka of the Danube, but the composition is very poor : it was eugraved by G. V. Klnninger in Ie21. Some of his beat works have been engraved by J. P. Pichler. (Nagler, Allgemeines Kilnatler-Lexicon.)