Paintings 19th Century — A466: Fine art
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.
Joseph Jansen was a German landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School.
Joseph Jansen was a student at the Düsseldorf Academy of Painting, known for his landscapes of the majestic Swiss Alps and views of cities along the Rhine and Moselle. From 1850, Jansen began exhibiting in various German galleries and abroad. Because of his skill, Jansen is considered an outstanding landscape painter of the 19th century. His daughter Emilie, born in 1871, became a still life painter.
David Roberts was a Scottish painter and a member of the Royal Academy.
Since 1819, David Roberts worked as a scenographer in various theaters, where his creative potential was appreciated. Inspired by the positive feedback, some time later he seriously engaged in painting. After the first exhibition of works, held in 1824, the artist went on a trip. He visited several countries in Europe, where he created many drawings. In 1833, David Roberts continued to explore the world: he went to Spain, where he spent almost a year, also had time to visit Morocco, lived in Cairo for a long time and made sketches everywhere. Subsequently, his works were published in various magazines, and the author gained fame as a talented illustrator. In 1841, the artist became a member of the Royal Academy.
In the 1840s, an album with his works was published, thanks to these publications, David Roberts became the most famous painter of the Victorian era. The artist also skillfully depicted monuments of architecture. David Roberts' paintings are striking in their photographic accuracy, and he is still considered one of the best architectural painters in his homeland.
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.
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.
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.
Karl Friedrich Lessing was a German painter of the mid-nineteenth century. He is known as a Romantic painter, a representative of the Düsseldorf School of painting.
Lessing began his career with melancholic-romantic landscapes and paintings on literary subjects. He later gained popularity as a landscape painter. Reproductions of his works were widely printed in German magazines of the XIX century. Later Lessing switched to historical subjects, creating historical paintings, as well as frescoes.
Lessing was a member of various art societies and academies, both German and foreign.
Hermann von Kaulbach was a German painter and illustrator, son of Wilhelm von Kaulbach.
Hermann von Kaulbach studied painting under Karl Piloti. His paintings are mostly brilliant technically and are particularly interesting for their excellent detailing, which, however, sometimes hurt the interest of the content.
In 1886 he was appointed professor of the history of painting at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
Gustav Schönleber was a German landscape painter.
From 1880 to 1917, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe.
He also served on the committee that selected artists to design trading cards for the Stollwerck chocolate company of Cologne, and was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts in 1911 and, in 1912, received the Order of the Crown from King William II of Württemberg.
Albert Emil Kirchner was a German painter and draftsman known for his depictions of architectural structures and a member of the Munich Academy of Art.
He made drawings for the collection "Medieval Monuments of Architecture." In the mid-19th century, Kirchner was commissioned by the Bavarian Eastern Railway to produce a series of watercolors of towns along that road. These drawings are still used today as an important source of railroad history.
Albert Flamm was a German artist of the Düsseldorf school. He studied architecture at the Dusseldorf Academy of Art and in Antwerp. In 1841 he turned to painting and became a pupil of Andreas Achenbach. In 1848 Flamm became one of the founders of the Malkasten artists' association.
Albert Flamm painted mainly Italian landscapes, recognised for their truthfulness of nature, their vivid colours and their virtuosic treatments. He often chose an elevated viewing position to be able to create wide panoramic perspectives in warm, bright sunlight and with finely rendered detail.
Hermann Ottomar Herzog was a German-born American landscape painter. He represented the Dusseldorf School of painting and was a member of the Hudson River School. He quickly achieved commercial success and began to earn good money, which allowed him to travel a great deal.
Herman Herzog settled in the United States at the end of the 1860s. He devoted a considerable part of his work to his journey through the western states to California in 1873. He also frequently visited and worked in Maine and Florida.