Painters of history make the dead live, and do not begin to live themselves till they are dead. I paint the living, and they make me live!
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| Birth: | 8th August, 1646 |
| Death: | 19th October, 1723 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Painter |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller was born in Lübeck, Germany. He was a German-born British painter. He was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I. He produced a series of "Kit-cat" portraits of 48 leading politicians and men of letters, members of the Kit-Cat Club. His paintings were praised by Whig luminaries such as John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Alexander Pope.
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