Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst (4 April 1825, in

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– 7 August 1904, in Frankfurt am Main) was a German

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painter and drawing teacher.

Life and work

He began his studies in 1842 at the

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, where his primary instructors were Jakob Becker and

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. He continued his studies in Paris (1852) and Rome (1855). In 1861, he accompanied the "Nordland Trip", a private expedition to

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and

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, organized by the financier and landowner, . During the trip, he created numerous landscapes and coastal scenes of both areas, which are now on display at the

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. In 1863, a travelogue of the journey was published, with his illustrations. During this time, he became a drawing teacher at the Städelschule. One of his early students was the polar explorer,

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, who would become known for his monumental depictions of his own adventures. In Hasselhorst's later years, an entire generation of young Frankfurt artists were his students, including , , and . He is interred at

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. Many of his best known works may be seen at the

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Sources

* ''Faszination Fremde. Bilder aus Europa, dem Orient und der Neuen Welt'', Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, 2013 * ''Magie des Augenblicks – Skizzen und Studien in Öl'', Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, 2009 * ''Frankfurt und der Nordpol'', Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, * ''Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst und seine Schüler. Zwei Generationen am Städel'', Exhibition catalog, Gesellschaft zur Förderung Frankfurter Malerei, Eugenie Börner (Ed.), 2004,

External links

More works by Hasselhorst
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