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 Academy was directed by the painter

Wilhelm von Schadow Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (7 September 1789 – 19 March 1862) was a German Romantic painter. Biography He was born in Berlin, the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow, who gave him his first lessons in drawing. He then turne ...

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The work of the Düsseldorf School is characterized by finely detailed yet fanciful landscapes, often with religious or allegorical stories set in the landscapes. Major members of the Düsseldorf School advocated "

plein air ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...

painting", and tended to use a palette with relatively subdued and even colors. The Düsseldorf School derived from and was a part of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

Romantic movement Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

. Prominent members of the Düsselorf School included von Schadow,

Karl Friedrich Lessing Karl Friedrich Lessing (15 February 1808, Breslau – 4 January 1880, Karlsruhe) was a German historical and landscape painter, grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and one of the main exponents of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biograp ...

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Prussian Duchy of Jülich. Biography Schirmer was started as a student of historical paint ...

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 ...

Hans Fredrik Gude Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Roma ...

Adolph Tidemand Adolph Tidemand (14 August 18148 August 1876) was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are ''Haugianerne'' (''The Haugeans''; 1852) and '' Brudeferd i Hardanger'' (''The Bridal Procession in Hardanger'' ...

Oswald Achenbach Oswald Achenbach (; 2 February 18271 February 1905) was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Though little known today, during his lifetime he was counted among the most important landscape painters of Europe. Thr ...

, and Adolf Schrödter. The Düsseldorf School had a significant influence on the

Hudson River School The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area ...

in the United States, and many prominent Americans trained at the Düsseldorf Academy and show the influence of the Düsseldorf School, including

George Caleb Bingham George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist". Initially a Whig, he was elected as a delegate to the Missouri legislature before the American C ...

David Edward Cronin David Edward Cronin, also known by his pseudonym Seth Eyland, (July 12, 1839 – June 9, 1925) was an American painter, illustrator and journalist. Life and career Early life Cronin was born in Greenwich (town), New York, Greenwich, New York. H ...

Eastman Johnson Jonathan Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for his genre paintings, paintings of ...

Worthington Whittredge Thomas Worthington Whittredge (May 22, 1820 – February 25, 1910) was an American artist of the Hudson River School. Whittredge was a highly regarded artist of his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists includin ...

Richard Caton Woodville Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of mor ...

William Stanley Haseltine William Stanley Haseltine (June 11, 1835 – February 3, 1900) was an American painter and draftsman who was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, the Hudson River School and Luminism. Early life and education Born in Philadelph ...

, James McDougal Hart, Helen Searle, and

William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824September 8, 1879) was an American painter. Born into the political Hunt family of Vermont, he trained in Paris with the realist Jean-François Millet and studied under him at the Barbizon artists’ colony, be ...

, as well as German émigré

Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German-American history painter best known for his 1851 painting '' Washington Crossing the Delaware''. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography Leutze was born ...

Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not ...

applied but was not accepted. His American friend

became his teacher while attending Düsseldorf.

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Between 1819 and 1918, some 4000 artists belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting, including:

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* Victoria Åberg (1824–1892) *

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Hermann Anschütz Hermann Anschütz (12 October 1802 – 30 August 1880) was a German painter and professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Anschütz was born in Koblenz. His father J ...

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Peter Nicolai Arbo Peter Nicolai Arbo (18 June 1831 – 14 October 1892) was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in portraits and allegorical scenes from Norwegian history and the Norse mythology. He is most noted for ''The Wild Hunt of Odin'', a d ...

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Louis Asher Louis Asher, originally Julius Ludwig Asher, (1804–1878) was a German artist. Life Asher was born at Hamburg on 26 June 1804. He studied there under Gerdt Hardorf and Leo Lehmann, and in 1821 went for further instruction to Dresden, and fr ...

(1804–1878) * Anders Askevold (1834–1900)

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* Hans von Bartels (1856–1913) *

William Holbrook Beard William Holbrook Beard (April 13, 1824February 20, 1900) was an American artistic painter who is known best for his satirical paintings of beasts performing human-like activities. Life Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, i ...

(1823–1900) * August Becker (1821–1887) *

Jakob Becker Jakob Becker (15 March 1810 – 22 December 1872) was a German artist noted mainly for his genre paintings of peasants. Biography He was born in Dittelsheim at Worms, and began his studies with Franz Nikolaus Jung in Worms. When he was 17 yea ...

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Peter Behrens Peter Behrens (14 April 1868 – 27 February 1940) was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces, and ...

(1868–1940) * Gunnar Berg (1863–1893) * Ludolph Berkemeier (1864–1931) * Edward Beyer (1820–1865) *

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Georg Bleibtreu Georg Bleibtreu (27 March 1828 – 16 October 1892) was a German painter of military and historical scenes. Biography Born in Xanten on 27 March 1828, Bleibtreu was a painter, lithographer, designer and 'graveur sur bois'. He was a member of th ...

(1828–1892) * Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) * Erik Bodom (1829–1879) *

Friedrich Boser Karl Friedrich Adolf Boser (1811, at Iłowa, Halbau in Silesia Province, Prussian Silesia – 1881 at Düsseldorf), was a German artist. He studied in Dresden, Berlin, and Düsseldorf; his paintings, chiefly Genre works, genre subjects and portr ...

(1809–1881) * August Bromeis (1813–1881) *

Wilhelm Busch Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day. Busch drew on the tropes of f ...

(1832–1908) * Anton Bütler (1819–1874) * Joseph Niklaus Bütler (1822–1885)

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* Alexandre Calame (1810–1864) *

Wilhelm Camphausen Wilhelm Camphausen (8 February 1818, Düsseldorf16 June 1885, Düsseldorf), was a German Painting, painter who specialized in historical and battle scenes. Biography He studied under Alfred Rethel and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. As an historical ...

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August Cappelen Hermann August Cappelen (1 May 1827 – 8 March 1852) was a Norwegian painter. Cappelen was best known for his melancholic, dramatic and romantic landscape compositions. Background Hermann August Cappelen was born in Skien, Norway. He was the ...

(1827–1852) * Gustaf Cederström (1845–1933) * Fanny Churberg (1845–1892) *

Johann Wilhelm Cordes Johann Wilhelm Cordes (14 March 1824, Lübeck - 16 August 1869, Lübeck) was a German landscape painter. Biography He came from a family of merchants and had his primary education at the Katharineum. Originally, he was apprenticed to a commerci ...

(1824–1869) *

Peter von Cornelius Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. Life Early years Cornelius was born in Düsseldorf. From the age of twelve he attend ...

(1783–1867) *

Ludwig des Coudres Ludwig des Coudres (10 May 1820, Kassel - 23 December 1878, Karlsruhe) was a German history and portrait painter. He also served as a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. His son, Adolf Des Coudres, was a well-known landscape pa ...

(1820–1878) *

Ernest Crofts Ernest Crofts (15 September 1847 – 19 March 1911) was a British painter of historical and military scenes. Biography Born in Leeds on 15 September 1847, Ernest was son of John Crofts, Esq. of Adal, near Leeds, a Justice of the Peace, and gra ...

(1847–1911) *

Georg Heinrich Crola Georg Heinrich Crola (6 June 1804, Dresden - 6 May 1879, Ilsenburg am Harz) was a German landscape painter in the mid-19th century. He specialized in the representation of the German forest. Life Georg Heinrich Crola was born in Dresden in 1804, ...

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(1839–1925)

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Hans Dahl Hans Dahl (19 February 1849 – 27 July 1937) was a Norwegian painter. Hans Dahl was most known for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes. Background Hans Dahl was born in the village of Granvin, on the Hardangerf ...

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Herminia Borchard Dassel Herminia Borchard Dassel (born Herminia Borchard; 1821 – December 7, 1857), also known as Hermine Dassel, was a German-American painter, notable for her portraits and genre paintings. Biography Early life and education Dassel was born to ...

(1839-1846) * Ernst Deger (1809–1885) * Anton Dietrich (1833–1904) *

Eugen Dücker Eugen Gustav Dücker (also ''Eugène Gustav Dücker''; , in Arensburg (now Kuressaare, Estonia) – 6 December 1916, in Düsseldorf) was a Baltic German painter, in the Romantic atyle, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biograph ...

(1841–1916)

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* Adam Eberle (1804–1832) * Marie Egner (1850–1940)

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* Joseph Fay (1813–1875) *

Anselm Feuerbach Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school. Biography Early life Feuerbach was born at Speyer, the son of the archaeologist Joseph ...

(1829–1880) * Albert Flamm (1823–1906) *

Arnold Forstmann Arnold Forstmann (born 16 June 1842 in Düsseldorf; died 1914 or later), German landscape-painter. Besides the typical composed romantic landscapes in the tradition of the Düsseldorf school of painting Forstmann painted ''vedute'' of the Rhine ...

(1842–?) * Friedrich Friedländer (1825–1901) *

Bernhard Fries Bernhard Fries (16 May 1820 – 21 May 1879) was a German landscape painting, landscape painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was born in Heidelberg. He studied under Carl Koopmann in Karlsruhe, and fr ...

(1820–1879) * Otto Frölicher (1840–1890) * Hermann Fuechsel (1833–1915)

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* Julius Geertz (1837–1902) *

Sanford Robinson Gifford Sanford Robinson Gifford (July 10, 1823 – August 29, 1880) was an American landscape painter and a leading member of the second generation of Hudson River School artists. A highly-regarded practitioner of Luminism, his work was noted for its ...

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(1825–1903) *

Eugene von Guerard Johann Joseph Eugene von GuérardHis first name is variously spelled "Eugen", "Eugene", "Eugène", one source mentions "Jean" (instead of "Johann"); his surname is spelled "Guerard" or "Guérard". The most frequent combination is that used by t ...

(1811–1901)

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Aasta Hansteen Aasta Hansteen, also known as Hasta Hanseen (born December 10, 1824 – April 13, 1908), was a Norwegian painter, writer, and early feminist. Life and career Aasta Hansteen was born in Christiania, modern day Oslo, the daughter of Christopher ...

(1824–1908) * James McDougal Hart (1828–1901) *

(1835–1900) * Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810–1853) * Lars Hertervig (1830–1902) *

George Hetzel George Hetzel (January 17, 1826 – July 4, 1899) was a French-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Scalp Level School of painting, a contemporary to the French Barbizon School of Naturalist painting. He is associated wit ...

(1826–1899) * Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832–1932) * Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) *

Robert Alexander Hillingford Robert Alexander Hillingford (28 January 1828 – 1904) was an England, English painter. He specialized in historical pictures, often battle scenes. Biography He was born in London on 28 January 1828, and studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ...

(1828–1904) *

Bernhard Hoetger Bernhard Hoetger (4 May 1874 in Dortmund – 18 July 1949 in Interlaken) was a German sculptor, painter and handicrafts artist of the Expressionist movement. Life Hoetger was the son of a Dortmund blacksmith, he studied sculpture in Detmold f ...

(1874–1949) * Oskar Hoffmann (1851–1912) * Adolfo Hohenstein (1854–1928) *

Julius Hübner Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner (27 January 1806 – 7 November 1882) was a German historical painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. He was also known as a poet and the father of Emil Hübner, a distinguished classical scholar. Lif ...

(1806–1882) * Emil Hünten (1827–1902) *

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Otto Hupp Hermann Joseph Otto Hubert August Constantin Hupp (May 21, 1859 – January 31, 1949) was a German graphical artist. His main working area was heraldry, yet he also worked as a typeface designer, creating commercial symbols and metal works. Life a ...

(1859–1949)

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* Franz Ittenbach (1813–1879)

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Otto Reinhold Jacobi Otto Reinhold Jacobi (27 February 1812 8 February 1901) was a German-Canadian artist. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life and work Born in 1830 Königsberg, Jacobi studied in Berlin at the Royal Academy of Arts. He ...

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Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann Anna Maria Elisabeth Lisinska Jerichau-Baumann (21 November 1819 – 11 July 1881) was a Polish-Danish painter. She was married to the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau. Early life and career Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann was born in Żoliborz (Fr ...

(1819–1881) * August Jernberg (1826–1896) *

(1824–1906)

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Arthur Kampf Arthur Kampf (28 September 1864 in Aachen – 8 February 1950 in Castrop-Rauxel) was a List of German painters, German painter. He was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Kampf studied under Peter Janssen, among others, ...

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Wilhelm von Kaulbach Wilhelm von Kaulbach (15 October 18057 April 1874) was a German painter, noted mainly as a muralist, but also as a book illustrator. His murals decorate buildings in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography E ...

(1805–1874) * William Keith (1838–1911) * César Klein (1876–1954) * Julian Klein Von Diepold (1868–1947) * Ludwig Knaus (1829–1910) *

Heinrich Christoph Kolbe Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

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Rudolf Koller Rudolf Koller (21 May 1828 – 5 January 1905) was a Swiss painter. He is associated with a realist and classicist style, and also with the essentially Romanticism, romantic Düsseldorf school of painting. Koller's style is similar to that of the ...

(1828–1905) * Julius Kronberg (1850–1921)

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Ants Laikmaa Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866 – 19 November 1942) was an Estonian painter.lla Rosenfeld, Norton T. Dodge, Jane Voorhees, ''Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991'', Rutgers University Press, ...

(1860–1942) * Marcus Larson (1825–1864) *

Wilhelm Lehmbruck Wilhelm Lehmbruck (4 January 188125 March 1919) was a German sculptor. Biography Born in Meiderich (part of Duisburg from 1905), he was the fourth of eight children born to the miner Wilhelm Lehmbruck and his wife Margaretha. He was able to stu ...

(1881–1919) * Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) *

(1816–1868) *

Bruno Liljefors Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wil ...

(1860–1939) * Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891) *

George Luks George Benjamin Luks (August 13, 1867 – October 29, 1933) was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting. After travelling and studying in Europe, Luks worked as a newspaper illustrator a ...

(1867–1933)

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* August Macke (1887–1914) *

Fritz Mackensen Fritz Mackensen (born 8 April 1866 in Greene, near Kreiensen, Duchy of Brunswick – 12 May 1953 in Bremen) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting and Art Nouveau. He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, an ...

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August Malmström Johan August Malmström (14 October 1829 – 18 October 1901) was a Swedish painter. As an artist, he was known for his country motifs often featuring children. His most widely recognized work is ''Grindslanten'' (1885) featuring a typical s ...

(1829–1901) *

Gari Melchers Julius Garibaldi Melchers (August 11, 1860 – November 30, 1932) was an American artist. He was one of the leading American proponents of naturalism. He won a 1932 Gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Biography The son o ...

(1860–1932) * Carlo Mense (1886–1965) * Johann Georg Meyer (1813–1886) *

Otto Modersohn Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Modersohn (22 February 1865, Soest – 10 March 1943, Rotenburg) was a German landscape painter. He was a co-founder of the Art Colony at Worpswede. Life In 1884, he began his studies at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf ...

(1865–1943) * Heinrich Mücke (1806–1891) * Andreas Müller (1811–1890) *

Morten Müller Morten Müller (13 February 1828 – 10 February 1911) was a Norwegian landscape painter. Biography Morten Müller was born by the Christianiafjord at Holmestrand, in Vestfold County, Norway. Morten Müller began his art studies with Adolph T ...

(1828–1911) * Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941) *

Mihály Munkácsy Mihály Munkácsy (20 February 1844 – 1 May 1900) was a Hungarian painter. He earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. Early years Munkácsy was born as ''Mihály Leó Lieb'' ( hu, Li ...

(1844–1900) *

Ludvig Munthe Ludvig Munthe (11 March 1841 – 30 March 1896) was a Norwegian-born, German landscape painter. Biography Ludvig Munthe was born at Årøy, near Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He came to Bergen in 1858 where he was first instructed by Fran ...

(1841–1896)

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Amaldus Nielsen Amaldus Clarin Nielsen (23 May 1838 – 10 December 1932) was a Norwegian painter. Early life He was born in Halse as a son of shipmaster and merchant Niels Clemetsen Nielsen (1795–1845) and his wife Andrea Marie Møller (1802–1866). He gr ...

(1838–1932) * Wilhelm Theodor Nocken (1830–1905) * Bengt Nordenberg (1822–1902) * Victorine Nordenswan (1838—1872) * Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) * Adolph Northen (1828–1876)

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Theobald von Oer Theobald Reinhold Freiherr von Oer (9 October 1807 – 1885 in Coswig) was a German painter, illustrator and etcher. He is notable for his portraits, genre paintings and historic paintings. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of ...

(1807–1885)

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* Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels (1833–1913) * Carl von Perbandt (1832–1911)Lekisch, Barbara (2003)
''Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855–1915''
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Heinrich Petersen-Angeln Heinrich Wilhelm Petersen, known as Heinrich Petersen-Angeln (4 April 1850 in Westerholz – 23 April 1906 in Angeln, Düsseldorf) was a German painter.Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer, ''Heinrich Petersen-Angeln: Maler der Nord- und Ostsee (1850-1906) ...

(1850–1906) * Maksymilian Piotrowski (1813–1875) * Eduard Wilhelm Pose (1812–1878) *

Johann Wilhelm Preyer Johann Wilhelm Preyer (July 19, 1803 – February 20, 1889) was a German still life painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Early life and education Born in Rheydt, Germany, Johann Wilhelm Preyer grew up in the old town area of Eschweile ...

(1803–1889)

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* Kristjan Raud (1865–1943) * Paul Raud (1865–1930) *

Robert Reinick Robert Reinick (22 February 1805 – 7 February 1852) was a German painter and poet, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. One of his poems, ''Dem Vaterland'', was set to music by Hugo Wolf and another, ''The Flight into Egyp ...

(1805–1852) *

Alfred Rethel Alfred Rethel (May 15, 1816December 1, 1859) was a German history painting, history painter. Early life and education Rethel was born in Aachen in 1816. He showed an interest in art in his early life, and at the age of thirteen he executed a draw ...

(1816–1859) * Karl Lorenz Rettich (1841–1904) * Henry Ritter (1816–1853) *

Theodor Rocholl Theodor Rudoff Rocholl (1854–1933) was a German military painter and war artist. Life and work Rocholl was born in Sachsenberg (Waldeck) on 11 June 1854, the son of , the Lutheran theologian and philosopher. He was a student in Munich in 1877 ...

(1854–1933)

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Hubert Salentin Johann Hubert Salentin (born January 15, 1822, Zülpich, died July 7, 1910, Düsseldorf) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Hubert Johann Wilhelm Schirmer Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Prussian Duchy of Jülich. Biography Schirmer was started as a student of historical paint ...

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Julius Schrader Julius Friedrich Antonio Schrader (16 June 1815 in Berlin – 16 February 1900 in Groß-Lichterfelde) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, the ...

(1815–1900) * Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899) * Adolf Seel (1829–1907) *

Ivan Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ши́шкин; 25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898) was a Russian landscape painter closely associated with the Peredvizhniki movement. Biography Shishkin was born to a Russian m ...

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Karl Ferdinand Sohn Karl Ferdinand Sohn (10 December 1805 in Berlin – 25 November 1867 in Cologne) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was born in Berlin and started his studies at the age of eighteen under Wilhelm von Scha ...

(1805–1867) *

Alfred Sohn-Rethel Alfred Sohn-Rethel (4 January 1899 – 6 April 1990) was a French-born German Marxian economist and philosopher especially interested in epistemology. His main intellectual achievement was the publication of ''Intellectual and Manual Labour: A C ...

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Karli Sohn-Rethel Carl Ernst "Karli" Sohn-Rethel (1882 – 1966) German Modernist painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting art movement. He traveled often and was active in Düsseldorf, Munich, Rome, Positano, Paris, among other places. Sohn-Rethel was a me ...

(1882–1966) * Hermine Stilke (1804–1869) *

Bernhard Studer Prof Bernhard Studer HFRSE (August 21, 1794May 2, 1887), was a 19th-century Swiss geologist. Biography He was born at Buren an der Aare near Bern in Switzerland on 21 August 1794. He was educated to become a clergyman, but his interests later ...

(1832–1868)

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Lesser Ury Leo Lesser Ury (November 7, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was a German Impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life and career Ury was born in Birnbaum in what was then Prussia (now Międzych� ...

(1861–1931)

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Frederick Vezin Frederick Vezin also Fred or Frederik (14 August 1859, Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Charles Joseph Cohen: ''Memoir of Rev. John Wiley Faires, A. M., D. D., Founder and Principal of the Classical Institute, Philadelphia. A Teacher fro ...

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Heinrich Vogeler Heinrich Vogeler (December 12, 1872 – June 14, 1942) was a German painter, designer, and architect, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Early life He was born in Bremen, and studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1 ...

(1872–1942)

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* Alfred Wahlberg (1834–1906) *

Edward Arthur Walton Edward Arthur Walton (15 April 1860 in Glanderston House, Barrhead, Renfrewshire – 18 March 1922 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish painter of landscapes and portraits, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Edward was one o ...

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(1820–1910) * Charles Wimar (1828–1862) * Mårten Eskil Winge (1825–1896) *

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Magnus von Wright Magnus von Wright (13 June 1805 – 5 July 1868) was a Swedish-Finnish painter and educator. In addition to bird illustrations, he was also known for his landscapes. Biography Magnus von Wright was born at the village of Haminalahti in Ku ...

(1805–1868)

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Clemens von Zimmermann Clemens von Zimmermann (8 November 1788 – 25 January 1869) was a German history painting, historical painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was born in Düsseldorf. He studied in his native town under ...

(1788–1869)

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