Paintings 19th - 20th century — Ancient art
Heinrich Bürkel was a German artist of the mid-nineteenth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, representative of the Biedermeier style.
Heinrich Bürkel specialized in genre and landscape paintings, especially winter landscapes. He often used Staffage and depicted animals. His work showed the influence of the old Dutch and Italian masters. Bürkel enjoyed great popularity, his paintings were actively acquired for private collections, including in America. The master painted about 1000 paintings and created about 6000 drawings.
Johann Adam Klein was a German painter and engraver.
He studied the art of engraving and painting at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and painted battle scenes, carefully painting details and especially horses. Horses and animals in general are Klein's favorite subjects. In addition to Germany, he lived in Italy and Hungary, and everywhere he looked for subjects for his works, where horses are necessarily in the center of attention, whether it be battle scenes involving the military, or in a village stable on vacation.
Johann Adam Klein was a German painter and engraver.
He studied the art of engraving and painting at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and painted battle scenes, carefully painting details and especially horses. Horses and animals in general are Klein's favorite subjects. In addition to Germany, he lived in Italy and Hungary, and everywhere he looked for subjects for his works, where horses are necessarily in the center of attention, whether it be battle scenes involving the military, or in a village stable on vacation.
John Frederick Herring the Elder was a British painter of Victorian England.
John had a passion for horses and painting from a young age. In his spare time from his day job as a sign painter and coachman, Herring painted horses for innkeepers and customers. Developing his talent, John specialized in drawing animals and loved to depict sporting events with horses. His impressive and vivid depictions of racehorses, cows and ducks as well as picturesque hunting scenes caught the eye of Queen Victoria. In 1845 Herring was appointed animal painter to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, followed by a commission from the reigning Queen Victoria, who remained a patron for the rest of his life.
A highly successful and prolific artist, Herring is considered one of the most important animal painters of mid-19th century Europe. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Society of British Artists, where Herring became vice-president in 1842. Three of his sons also became artists.
Friedrich Carl Mayer was a German painter.
For his architectural paintings he took the motifs mostly from Nuremberg and Augsburg. He preferred to depict interiors and placed particular emphasis on strict drawing and correct representation of details with fine illumination by incident sunlight.
Andreas Achenbach was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School.[citation needed] His brother, Oswald, was also a well known landscape painter. Together, based on their initials, they were known as the "Alpha and Omega" of landscape painters.
Andreas Achenbach was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School.[citation needed] His brother, Oswald, was also a well known landscape painter. Together, based on their initials, they were known as the "Alpha and Omega" of landscape painters.
Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter, who moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English style to France. Becoming, after his early death, one of the most influential British artists of his time, the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters, yet was entirely modern in its application. His landscapes were mostly of coastal scenes, with a low horizon and large sky, showing a brilliant handling of light and atmosphere. He also painted small historical cabinet paintings in a freely-handled version of the troubadour style.
Giovanni Grubacs was a nineteenth-century Italian landscape painter.
The painter almost always exhibited paintings of Venetian landscapes, but while early in his career he strictly followed eighteenth-century prototypes, in later decades his style fell under the influence of Ippolito Caffi's deep naturalism, which gave life and expression to his works filled with more realistic figure groups, dramatic long views of the city bathed in iridescent atmosphere and illuminated by sudden flashes of light that create unique lighting effects.