Ferdinand Martin Cordt Brütt (13 July 1849, in

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– 6 November 1936, in

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) was a German painter. He was a distant relative of the sculptor

Adolf Brütt Adolf Brütt (10 May 1855 in Husum – 6 November 1939 in Bad Berka)Husum Tourismus: ...

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He took his first art lessons at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts, where he studied with Günther Gensler and

Friedrich Heimerdinger Johann Friedrich Andreas Heimerdinger (10 January 1817, Hamburg - 3 October 1882, Hamburg) was a German painter; specializing in still-lifes. Biography After qualifying to enter a university, he completed a degree in education. Then, at the ag ...

.Kronberger Maler: Brief Biography
/ref> On their recommendation, he transferred to the

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in 1870, where his teachers were Albert Baur,

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and the history painter

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. Baur would be particularly influential in forming Brütt's mature style. When Baur accepted a professorship at the

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, Brütt went with him and became a specialist in painting courtroom scenes. He was able to draw from his own experiences, having spent quite a bit of time on

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, developing the genre based on earlier work by

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and Hendrik Leys. In 1889, he took an extended study trip to Italy where he found himself less inspired by the "Old Masters" than he was by the landscapes. This prompted further trips to the

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and the

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. In 1893, he was appointed a Royal Prussian Professor. In 1898, his friend

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invited him to stay at the Kronberger Artists' Colony in

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. He lived and worked there until 1920. He executed several municipal commissions in

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from 1905 to 1913, including several large wall and ceiling decorations for various public buildings and designs for the Bürgersaale (Civic Hall) in the Rathaus. In 1920, he went to live with his son, a District Court Councillor, in Bergen. His style may generally be described as

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, although he preferred scenes with large crowds in urban or indoor settings. His initial phase extended through the 1880s, when he developed an interest in more subtle displays of light and color. After 1902, he concentrated on large landscapes.

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