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Friedrich August Kessler
Friedrich August Kessler (30 December 1826 – April 1906) was a German landscape painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Kessler received his first painting lessons from his father, Christian Friedrich Kessler (1799–1854). In 1841, he enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Art Academy. There, he studied under landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer from 1843 to 1854. Kessler was a founding member of the artists' association "Malkasten" in Düsseldorf, where he resided as a freelance painter after his studies. For a time, he lived with Eugen Bracht, Fritz Ebel, and Carl Friedrich Harveng. He undertook study trips to various coastal, low mountain range, and Alpine landscapes, including the Teutoburg Forest, Hesse, Bavaria, Tyrol, Northern Italy, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium. In 1854, writer Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter classified him as a "historical-stylistic landscaper" following Nicolas Poussin's theory of modes. From 1860 to 1892, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Kessler (1826–1906)
Jean Baptiste August "Guus" Kessler Jr. (16 June 1888 – 5 November 1972) was a Dutch industrialist. Kessler also played tennis for the Netherlands in the 1906 Olympics in Athens, losing his first match to future Olympic champion Max Decugis. Kessler was born in a very wealthy family from The Hague, the second son of six children. His father Jean Baptiste August Kessler (1853–1900) was the first director of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Petroleum Maatschappij (''Royal Dutch Petroleum Company''), now named Royal Dutch Shell. Guus studied engineering at Delft University. Both Guus and his older brother Geldolph Adriaan Kessler were considered the "crown princes" of the Royal Dutch, but after their father died unexpectedly they had to work under their father's domineering successor, Henri Deterding. Dolf eventually left, at the urging of his fiancé, and helped create and lead the Dutch steel company Hoogovens. Guus, by contrast, seemed to get along better with Deterding. "The brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
