Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869) was a German

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Life

Bürkel was born in 1802 at

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. He was designed for trade, but devoted every spare minute to drawing. His father's house, being an inn, presented him with subjects in great variety, and so early as his eleventh year he came into conflict with the police on account of a caricature of

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. At fifteen he entered the law, but at twenty he was incited to turn to art, and learned the technicalities of

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, Schleissheim, and in the Netherlands. In time he took to depicting popular and military scenes, cattle, and landscapes, especially winter landscapes. He spent from 1823 to 1832 in Rome, and became on his return a popular artist, famous for his imagination and humour. He was an honorary member of the Academies of Munich,

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. He died at Munich in 1869.

Works

His works include: *''Twenty Winter Landscapes in the Tyrol'' ( Paris Exhibition, 1867). *''Eighteen Views of the Environs of Rome'' (Paris Exhibition, 1867). *''A Troop of Bandits in the Campagna''. *''The Overturned Hay-Waggon''. *''Return from the Bear-Hunt''. *''The Mule-Driver's Rest''. *''The Reception of the Rifle-Winner''. *''Italian Landscape'' and others (in the New Pinakothek, Munich). *''A Tirolese Fair'' (in the

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). *''Landscape near Velletri'' (in the Berlin Gallery). In July 2010, three paintings by Buerkel, "Herd of Cattle," "From the Countryside" and an untitled third painting were returned to the Pirmasens Museum in Germany by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Selected paintings

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* 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters German genre painters 1802 births 1869 deaths People from Pirmasens {{Germany-painter-stub

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Selected paintings

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