Biography
Kopisch was born on 26 May 1799 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland). In 1815 he began studying painting at the Prague academy, but an injury to his hand damaged his prospects of success as an artist, and he turned to literature.
After residences in Dresden and Vienna Kopisch proceeded in 1822 to Italy. At Naples he became close friends with the poet August von Platen-Hallermünde; and when out swimming he and the painter Ernst Fries discovered the "Blue Grotto" of Capri.
In 1828 he settled at Berlin and was granted a pension by Frederick William IV of Prussia, who in 1838 conferred upon him the title of professor.
In 1847 he moved to Potsdam and wrote an account of royal residences there and in the neighborhood.
He died on 6 February 1853 at Berlin.
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