Benno Rafael Adam (15 July 1812,

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

- 8 March 1892,

Kelheim Kelheim () is a town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district Kelheim and is situated at the confluence of the rivers Altmühl and Danube. Kelheim has a population of around 16,750 (2020). History Kelheim is ...

) was a German animal painter.

Life

He was the eldest son of the painter

Albrecht Adam Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786 – 28 August 1862) was a Bavarian painter, who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1812 Russian campaign. He was attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Thr ...

, 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 flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The Alz flows i ...

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 example ...

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

Eugen Adam Eugen Adam (22 January 1817, in Munich – 6 June 1880) was a German painter. He specialised on animal, genre, landscape and battle paintings. He had his atelier in Munich, and lived in Milan during the years 1849–1858. In 1859 he became war r ...

Selected paintings

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

Bernese Mountain Dog The Bernese Mountain Dog (german: Berner Sennenhund) is a large dog breed, one of the four breeds of Sennenhund- type dogs from Bern, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps. These dogs have roots in the Roman mastiffs. The name ''Sennenhund'' is derived ...

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 w ...

s File:Benno Adam Stier.jpg, Bull File:Benno Adam Im Stall.jpg, In the Stall

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* 1812 births 1892 deaths Artists from Munich 19th-century German painters German male painters Animal artists 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub