Albert Flamm (1823–1906) was a

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landscape painter.

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Albert Flamm Abendstimmung am Rhein (Koblenz)

Albert Flamm was born at

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. He was a pupil of

Andreas Achenbach Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815, Kassel – 1 April 1910, Düsseldorf) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School. His brother, Oswald, was also a ...

at the

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, where he settled after traveling in

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. He is associated with the

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. His pictures, the subjects of which were chosen almost exclusively from

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scenery, command attention by their truthfulness to nature, careful execution, and bright and varied effects of color. One of his best productions is the "''Approaching Storm in the

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''" (1862). Among others may be mentioned "''

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''", in the Kunsthalle at

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, a fine "''Italian Landscape''" (1856), in the Ravené Gallery,

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, and "''View of Cumæ''" (1881), in the National Gallery in Berlin. In 1900 the title of

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was conferred upon him.

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