Benno Rafael Adam (15 July 1812,

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

- 8 March 1892,

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) was a German animal painter.

Life

He was the eldest son of the painter Albrecht Adam, and distinguished himself especially by his depictions of game animals, hunting dogs and pets in larger compositions (deer and boar hunting, fox baiting, etc.) He was associated with the

Chiemsee Chiemsee () is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien (river), Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The ...

artists' colony. In addition to his paintings, he illustrated several textbooks and manuals, including ''Anleitung zur Rindviehzucht und zur verschiedenartigen Benutzung des Hornviehs'' (Guide to Beef Cattle Breeding and the Diverse Use of Horned Cattle) by Heinrich Wilhelm von Pabst, J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart (1851). In the summer of 1834, he married Josepha Quaglio, the eldest daughter of the painter and architect Domenico Quaglio. Their son

Emil Adam Emil Franz Adam (20 May 1843, in Munich – 19 January 1924, in Munich) was a German equestrian painter. Life Adam was the son of animal painter Benno Adam. He initially intended to devote himself to science, but, carried away by the exampl ...

also became a painter. Benno Adam's brothers were the painters Franz and Eugen Adam.

Selected paintings

File:Adam, Benno, Bernese Mountain Dog and Her Pups.jpg,

Bernese Mountain Dog The Bernese Mountain Dog, or , is a large dog breed originating from the canton of Bern, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps. It is one of four Sennenhund-dog type, type breeds, with ancestral roots in Ancient Rome, Roman mastiffs. The name ''Berner ...

and Her Pups (1862) File:Benno Adam - Dogs and Whelps.jpg, Dogs and Whelps (1853) File:Benno Adam Pferd und Fohlen in der Stallung.jpg, Mare and Her Foal
in the Barn File:Benno Adam - King Charles Spaniels.jpg,

King Charles Spaniel The King Charles Spaniel (also known as the English Toy Spaniel) is a small dog breed of the spaniel type. In 1903, The Kennel Club combined four separate toy spaniel breeds under this single title. The other varieties merged into this breed wer ...

s File:Benno Adam Stier.jpg,

Bull A bull is an intact (i.e., not Castration, castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e. cows proper), bulls have long been an important symbol cattle in r ...

File:Benno Adam Im Stall.jpg, In the Stall

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* 1812 births 1892 deaths Painters from Munich 19th-century German painters German male painters German painters of animals 19th-century German male artists Artists from the Kingdom of Bavaria {{Germany-painter-stub