Christian Gottlieb Geyser (August 20, 1742 - March 24, 1803) was a German engraver and painter. Geyser was bornin Görlitz, the son local theologian and deacon Gottfried Geyser (1699 - 1764). He initially studied law at the University of Leipzig, but at the same time, began developing his interest in art under Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717 - 1799). He later married Oeser's daughter, Wilhelmine (1755 - 1813). In 1764, Oeser became director of the Leipzig Academy of Art, and Geyer followed his father-in-law to this institution, forsaking law entirely. In 1780, he joined the Oberlausitzischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences). Through Oeser, he became friends with Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 - 1832) and illustrated the first edition of many of that author's works. Geyser died of stroke in while going for a walk in 1803.
