Theodor Gustav Alwin Adolf Maennchen (7 September 1860,

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- 30 March 1920,

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) was a German landscape and

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painter.

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He was born to Carl Maennchen, a Master

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, and his wife, Emilie née Güntsche. His younger brother, , also becane a painter. After serving an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, he spent his

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wandering through Germany and Austria and plying his trade. During this extended period, he also spent some time at the (1878-1879), and took night classes at the teaching institute of the in Berlin (1880–1883). In 1883, he became a full-time student at the

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, which he attended until 1888. His instructors there included , Paul Thumann, Otto Knille and

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. He continued to work as a decorative painter while studying and, upon graduating, was able to make a study trip to Italy and North Africa. He travelled whenever possible; visiting Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. In Paris, he attended the

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, where he took lessons from

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and

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. In 1896, he was awarded a small gold medal at the

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. He received another gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), and held a major exhibition at the Glaspalast in 1901. From 1889 to 1893, he was a teacher at the

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, then taught at the in Danzig until 1901. The following year, he was named a Professor and head of the drawing classes at the

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.''Personal- u. Atelier-Nachrichten: Düsseldorf.''
in: ''Die Kunst für alle.'' Band 17, 1902, S. 89 (Digitalisat Uni Heidelberg) He held those positions until 1918. Maennchen-Stone

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