Ludwig des Coudres (10 May 1820,

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– 23 December 1878,

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) was a German history and portrait painter. He also served as a professor at the

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. His son,

Adolf Des Coudres Adolf Des Coudres (2 June 1862, Karlsruhe - 21 September 1924, Fürstenfeldbruck) was a German landscape painter. Biography The Des Coudres family originated in Switzerland. His father was Ludwig des Coudres, a painter and Professor at the Ac ...

, was a well-known landscape painter.

Biography

The Des Coudres family originated in Switzerland. His father was the third-generation owner of a tapestry factory and died when Ludwig was only two years old. A family friend, Ludwig Hummel (1770–1840), Director of the

Kunsthochschule Kassel Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel. History Kassel Art Academy After the Seven Years' War (17 ...

, inspired him to begin drawing and painting. In 1836, he began studying architecture at the new polytechnic school. The following year, he was able to begin studies at the Kunsthochschule, where his teacher was

Ludwig Emil Grimm Ludwig Emil Grimm (14 March 1790 – 4 April 1863) was a German painter, art professor, etcher and copper engraver. Early life Grimm was born in Hanau, in 1790. His brothers Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were linguists, lexicographers ...

. Dissatisfied with the school's emphasis on the Nazarene style, he and two of his friends left to start their own studio and teach themselves. Shortly after, he had a change of heart and went to study at the

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, with

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (26 March 1794 – 24 May 1872) () was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious ...

. In 1843, he went to spend two years in Rome. There, he befriended

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Duchy of Jülich. Biography Schirmer was started as a student of ...

who advised him to study with

Karl Ferdinand Sohn Karl Ferdinand Sohn (10 December 1805 in Berlin – 25 November 1867 in Cologne) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was born in Berlin and started his studies at the age of eighteen under Friedrich Wilhelm ...

and

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 ...

at the

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. It was there he turned to portrait painting. In 1854, with Schirmer's recommendation, he became the first director of the academy in Karlsruhe, organizing its operations and establishing the curriculum. Four years later, he married Elise von Reck, the daughter of an

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from

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. In 1863, he was the author of an important work on copyright protection. The following year, a fall on the ice resulted in serious injuries. He would die of an illness related to complications from the accident.

Notable works

*''Francesca da Rimini''. 1850. *''The Weeping Magdalen''. 1852. *''The Lamentation before the Burial'' ( Carlsruhe Gallery). 1855. *''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1857 *''The Holy Women before the Cross'' (in St. Nicholas, Hamburg). 1863. *''Iphigeneia'' (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1865. *''Under the Red Cross''. 1872. *''Psyche and Pan''. *''Happy Existence – a child's picture''.

Sources

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External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Des Coudres, Ludwig 1820 births 1878 deaths Artists from the Electorate of Hesse 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists Düsseldorf school of painting German male painters