Carl Wuttke (3 January 1849,

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- 4 July 1927,

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) was a German landscape and architectural painter.

Biography

From 1871 to 1873, he studied at the

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, then with

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in Munich. In 1874, he travelled to Italy on foot and remained there until 1876. After returning to Germany, he studied with

Eugen Dücker Eugen Gustav Dücker (also ''Eugène Gustav Dücker''; , in Arensburg (now Kuressaare, Estonia) – 6 December 1916, in Düsseldorf) was a Baltic German painter, in the Romantic atyle, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biography ...

at the

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until 1880.Rudolf Theilmann: "Die Schülerlisten der Landschafterklassen von Schirmer bis Dücker". In: Wend von Kalnein (Ed.): ''Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule''. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, Later, he went back to Italy, visiting

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and

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as well. Many of his best-known works were sketched in those locations. He also made brief trips to

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(1880) and Norway (1894). After 1885, he was a resident of Munich. Some of his trips were to places considered exotic at the time; including

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, Egypt and the Sudan. In 1893, he visited the United States and, from 1897 to 1899, made a trip around the world, which included stops in China and Japan (1898). His sketches from there were used to create paintings for Kaiser

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, which were hung in the "Silbersaal" (Silver Hall) of the

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. His landscapes often include small

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scenes. As he progressed, his colors tended to grow brighter and his composition took on a fleeting effect, so that his work is often categorized as " Pre-Impressionist", but he never associated himself with any

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movement.

Writings

* ''Reise-Erinnerungen von Studienfahrten rings um die Erde'' (Travel memories of study trips around the world), Franz'sche Buchdruckerei, Munich, 1914

References

External links

More works by Wuttke
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