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Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht (3 June 1842 – 5 November 1921) was a German landscape painter.


Biography

Bracht was born in
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, Waadt (near Lake Geneva in Switzerland) of German parents. His family later moved to
Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...
, Germany, where he became a pupil of Karl Ludwig Seeger at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and later studied under Hans Gude in
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. Dissatisfied with his work, he moved to Berlin in 1864 and became a merchant, but in 1876 he renewed his interest in painting and joined his former teacher Seeger in Karlsruhe. A late Romanticist painter, Bracht was known for his moody landscapes and coastal scenes in North Germany, and began a sketching trip through Syria, Palestine and Egypt from 1880 to 1881. In 1882, he became a Professor of Landscape Painting at the
Prussian Academy of Arts The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and la ...
. In 1885, he painted the '' Battle of Chattanooga'' for the "Philadelphia Panorama Company", a cyclorama which was installed in Philadelphia and Kansas City. Bracht was supported by
Anton von Werner Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 18434 January 1915) was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia.Fulbrook, Mary and John Breuilly (1997) ''German History Since 1800'' ...
, the conservative director of the Berlin Academy, but cut ties with him during the affair of the closure of
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's Berlin exhibition in 1892.
Sothebys: The Orientalist Sale 2012 Despite the hostility, when von Werner died, Bracht finished the late painter's panorama of the ''
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''. Later, Bracht became a representative of German
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. In 1901, he obtained a teaching position at the
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...
that he held until 1919. He retired to Darmstadt, where he died in 1921.


Selected paintings

Eugen Bracht Hoeschstahlwerk.jpg, '' Hoesch Steelworks'' (1905) Bracht erinnerung gizeh.jpg, ''Memories of
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'' (1883) Bracht-Morning Star.jpg, ''Morning Star'' (1889) Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der Vergessenheit (1911).jpg, ''The Shore of Oblivion'' (1911) Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht Küste auf Sylt.jpg, ''Coast of
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( Morsum-Kliff)'' (1897) Eugen Bracht Hoesch.jpg, ''Hoesch Steelwoorks'' (1907) Eugen Bracht Heidelandschaft Neu Zittau.jpg, ''Neu Zittau'' (1884) Eugen Bracht - Rast in der Syrischen Wüste.jpg, ''Rest in the Syrian Desert'' (1883)


See also

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List of Orientalist artists This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
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Orientalism In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bracht, Eugen 1842 births 1921 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German Impressionist painters German male painters German Symbolist painters Orientalist painters People from Morges Academic staff of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts