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Louis Asher, originally Julius Ludwig Asher, (1804–1878) was a German artist.
Louis Asher, originally Julius Ludwig Asher, (1804–1878) was a German artist.
Life
Asher was born atHamburg
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on 26 June 1804. He studied there under Gerdt Hardorf and Leo Lehmann, and in 1821 went for further instruction to Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, and from there to Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...
, where he entered the studio of Cornelius. There he got to know Kaulbach, with whom he continued a friendship throughout his life. In 1825 he accompanied Cornelius to 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 Ha ...
, where he was employed by him on the frescoes of the Glyptothek
The Glyptothek () is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- ''glypto-'' "sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν ''glyphe ...
. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting
The Düsseldorf school of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Academy (now the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State ...
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In 1827 he returned to Hamburg, and then, in 1832, went via Berlin to Italy, where he remained for three years. On his return to Germany, with the exception of a second visit to Italy in 1839 in the company of Kaulbach, he lived in Munich and in Hamburg, where he died on 7 March 1878.Bryan,1886-9
Works
Asher's works, which consist of historical pictures, genre paintings, and portraits, include: *''Peasant Family'' (1835). *''Resurrection of Christ'' (1851). *''King Lear with the dead body of Cordelia'' (1854). *''St. Cecilia''. *''Maria I'Ortolana''. *''Portrait of Mlle. Jenny Lind''.
See also
*List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
References
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* Attribution: * 1804 births 1878 deaths Artists from Hamburg 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Düsseldorf school of painting {{Germany-painter-stub