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Julius Anton Adam, known as "Cats Adam", (; 18 May 1852 – 23 February 1913) was a
Julius Adam was a member of the important Adam family of
According to the inscription on the monument of Julius Adam's grandfather, Albrecht Adam (1786 – 1862), in the Alter Südfriedhof in
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Cat paintings of Julius Adam
in an episode of ''Lieb & Teuer'', 5 February 2017, video {{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Julius 1852 births 1913 deaths Painters from Munich Cat artists German genre painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German painters of animals
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genre painter
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and animalier
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specialising in pictures of cats.
Life
Julius Adam was a member of the important Adam family of Munich
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artists. His grandfather was Albrecht Adam, his uncles were Benno Adam, Benno, Franz Adam, Franz and Eugen Adam, and his cousin Emil Adam, all painters. His father, also called Julius Adam (1821–1874), was primarily a lithographer and photographer. At first Adam (the son) was occupied with landscape photography and worked for his father's business in Rio de Janeiro but later returned to Munich and settled down as a genre painter.
Initially Adam was a pupil of Prof. Michael Echter (1812–1879), later of Wilhelm von Diez (1839–1907) at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. He began producing his successful cat pictures in 1882, the international popularity of which caused the high quality of his other work to be somewhat overlooked.
He married his first cousin Amalie, daughter of his uncle Benno, but they had no children.
Grave
According to the inscription on the monument of Julius Adam's grandfather, Albrecht Adam (1786 – 1862), in the Alter Südfriedhof in 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 ...
(Gräberfeld 27 - Reihe 1 - Platz 25/26), Julius's grave is next to it, but the cemetery registers have no record of the burial.Claudia Denk, John Ziesemer: "Grabstätte 164" in ''Kunst und Memoria, Der Alte Südliche Friedhof in München'' (2014), p. 471 ff.
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TheGreatCat.org: Julius Adam II
Cat paintings of Julius Adam
in an episode of ''Lieb & Teuer'', 5 February 2017, video {{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Julius 1852 births 1913 deaths Painters from Munich Cat artists German genre painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German painters of animals