Johann Hubert Salentin (born 15 January 1822,

Zülpich Zülpich (; ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany between Aachen and Bonn. It belongs to the district of Euskirchen. History The town is commonly agreed to be the site with the Latin name of ''Tolbiacum'', famous for the Battle of T ...

; died 7 July 1910,

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) was a German painter, associated with the

Düsseldorf school of painting Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

. Salentin was a blacksmith for 14 years. In 1850 he came to the

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, where

Wilhelm von Schadow Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (7 September 1789 – 19 March 1862) was a German Romantic painter. Biography He was born in Berlin, the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow, who gave him his first lessons in drawing. He then turn ...

, Carl Ferdinand son

Adolph Tidemand Adolph Tidemand (14 August 18148 August 1876) was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are ''Haugianerne'' (''The Haugeans''; 1852) and '' Brudeferd i Hardanger'' (''The Bridal Procession in Hardanger' ...

were his main teachers. His paintings express sentimental, ''gemütvolle'', scenes from rural life in the West German countryside, which by precise drawing and the use of clear colors in liquid treatment his work excels. Currently, paintings of Salentin are owned by art galleries and collectors all over the world. Many original paintings can be viewed at Homemuseum in Zuelpich.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salentin, Hubert 1822 births 1910 deaths People from Euskirchen (district) German artists People from the Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Düsseldorf school of painting