He was born in
Halberstadt. Between 1790 and 1793, he studied at the
Prussian Academy of Arts. In addition to
aquatint and
lithography, Buchhorn adopted from his teachers a
Crayon style. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts and worked for the Chalcographic Society in Dessau. In 1797, he got a job as a draftsman and
engraver in
Dessau, where he worked until 1803. He then worked for a time as a freelance artist. In 1806, Buchhorn settled in Berlin and worked again with the Academy. He took over as the Kakademie
Ordinary Member in 1811, where he served three years later as a lecturer in drawing and engraving. In 1814, Buchhorn co-founded the ''Berlinische Artists' Association.'' At the age of 86 years, he died on 13 November 1856 in Berlin. In his early works, the Old Master was a big focus of his work. Influenced by
Franz Krüger and
Johann Gottfried Schadow, Buchhorn soon found a unique style and worked in his later works increasingly from nature. Portraits of Buchhorn were painted by
Johann Carl Kretzschmar and
Georg Friedrich Adolph Schöner. == Selected works ==