August German von Bohn (25 February 1812, in

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– 23 January 1899, in

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) was a German painter.

Biography

German von Bohn first studied in law in

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before he studied painting. He was the student of

Henri Lehmann Henri Lehmann (; 14 April 1814 – 30 March 1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist. Life Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, he received his first art tuition from his father Leo Lehmann ...

and

Ary Scheffer Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, Lord Byron and Walter Scott, Macmillan, Duncan (2023), ' ...

in Paris. He stayed in Rome from 1840 to 1843, then he came back to Paris and was made a Knight of the

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in 1853. In 1857, he settled in

and became a court painter. He also made wall paintings in churches in France. His works are held in several museums in Germany, France and Italy.

Works in public collections

*''La Mort de Cléopâtre'', 1842, oil on canvas, Fine Arts Museum, Nantes

References

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Works by German von Bohn
photography agency of the RMN 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German portrait painters German court painters People from Heilbronn 1812 births 1899 deaths {{Germany-painter-stub