Adolph Northen (also credited as Adolf Northen, Adolf Northern or Adolph Northern) (6 November 1828 – 28 May 1876) was a German painter.
He was born in
Münden,
Kingdom of Hanover and was a member of
Düsseldorf school of painting
The Düsseldorf school of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Düsseldorf Academy (now the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State Art Academy) during the 1830s and 1840s, when the A ...
.
[Champlin p. 353]
Chiefly depicting battle scenes and particularly events of the
Napoleonic Wars, Northen's most noted works include
*''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia'' which depicts the failure of the
1812 invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
by
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
*''Prussian Attack at Plancenoit'', showing the Prussian divisions of
Hiller, Ryssel and
Tippelskirch defeating the French Imperial Young Guard, 1st Battalions of the 2nd Grenadiers and 2nd Chasseurs at the
Battle of Waterloo.
[Battle of Waterlo]
Prussian Army Artwork
retrieved 6 July 2007
Northern died in
Düsseldorf aged 48.
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Works
File:Prussian Attack Plancenoit by Adolf Northern.jpg, ''Prussian Attack at Plancenoit'', 1863
File:Zigeunerkarawane Düsseldorf by Adolf Northen.jpg, ''Gypsy Caravan''
File:Napoleons retreat from moscow.jpg, ''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia''
References
Printed sources:
* Champlin, John Denison ''Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings'', 2005
* Krafft, Eva Maria ''Katalog der Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Hamburger Kunsthalle'', 1969
Websites:
* Artne
''Adolf Northen''
retrieved 6 July 2007
Notes
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19th-century German painters
German male painters
1828 births
1876 deaths
People from Hann. Münden
19th-century German male artists
Düsseldorf school of painting