Theodor Grosse (1829–91) was a

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historical painter. He was born at

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and studied at the Dresden Academy under Bendemann. For his encaustic decorations in the castle of Count Solms Wildenfels on the Mulde, he was awarded the traveling scholarship of the Dresden Academy. After several years in

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Grosse returned to fresco the eastern loggia of the Leipzig Museum. In 1867 he was made

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at the Dresden Academy. His other works include: * "Leda with the Swan" (1852, Dresden Academy) * "Scenes from the Myth of Bacchus" (1877, foyer of the New Theatre, Dresden) * "The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham" (1863, Museum, Leipzig) * "Arrival of the Souls in Purgatory" (1879, after Dante, Dresden Gallery)

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* 1829 births 1891 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Academic staff of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts People from the Kingdom of Saxony {{Germany-painter-stub

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