Carl Wuttke (3 January 1849, Trebnitz - 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

Angelo Quaglio Angelo Quaglio the younger (13 December 1829, Munich - 5 January 1890, Munich) was a German stage designer of Italian descent. He worked mainly in Munich, and assisted Richard Wagner in the premieres of a number of his works. Angelo was part of ...

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 ( – 6 December 1916) was a German landscape painter, born a Russian Imperial subject on Saaremaa (then Governorate of Livonia, present-day Estonia), associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biography He was born ...

at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Blinky Palermo, Ma ...

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, After 1885, he was a resident of Munich. 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), and travelled to North Africa (

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, Egypt) and the

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. 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

Berliner Stadtschloss The Berlin Palace (), formerly known as the Royal Palace (), is a large building adjacent to Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin. It was the main residence of the Electors of Brandenburg, Kings of Prussia and Ge ...

. 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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