Caspar Scheuren (1810 - 1887)
1810-08-22Aachen, Germany1887-06-12DüsseldorfGermany
Caspar Scheuren
Caspar Johann Nepomuk Scheuren is a German painter and illustrator.
After receiving an elementary art education from his painter father Egidius Scheuren, he studied landscape painting at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, where he later became a professor.
Caspar Scheuren gradually developed an allegorical style of landscape painting, including motifs from stories and legends of the Rhine. He produced more than 300 oil paintings, 600 watercolors and 400 engravings.
Date and place of birt: | 22 august 1810, Aachen, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 12 june 1887, Düsseldorf |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter |
Art school / group: | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Genre: | Allegory, Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape |
Art style: | Realism, Romanticism |
Technique: | Gouache, Pencil, Engraving, Hand graphic, Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel, Watercolor |