Franz Gräßel (1861 - 1948) - photo 1

Franz Gräßel

Franz Xafer Gräßel was a German animal and landscape painter.

Gräßel studied painting at the Karlsruhe Academy and at the Munich Academy, where he became a professor in 1911. Initially his favorite subject was rural landscapes, but from 1894 he painted mainly ducks and geese and achieved a high level of skill in their depiction. Gräßel even earned the nickname "duck painter".

In 1932 Gräßel joined the NSDAP, and in 1938, 1939 and 1940 was represented by four paintings at the Great Exhibition of German Art in Munich. Adolf Hitler liked them so much that he purchased them all. The artist's paintings are now in important galleries and collections in Germany.

Date and place of birt:24 november 1861, Sasbach, Germany
Date and place of death:4 march 1948, Emmering, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Painter
Genre:Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting
Art style:Impressionism, Realism

Creators Germany

Carsten Höller (1961)
Carsten Höller
1961
Franz Bunke (1857 - 1939)
Franz Bunke
1857 - 1939
Jean-Henri Riesener (1734 - 1806)
Jean-Henri Riesener
1734 - 1806
Jakob Savinšek (1922 - 1961)
Jakob Savinšek
1922 - 1961
Marianne von Werefkin (1860 - 1938)
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 - 1938
Stefanie Hoellering (1955 - 2000)
Stefanie Hoellering
1955 - 2000
Benjamin Ursinus von Bär (1646 - 1720)
Benjamin Ursinus von Bär
1646 - 1720
Johann Baptist von Seele (1774 - 1814)
Johann Baptist von Seele
1774 - 1814
Hermann Metz (1865 - 1945)
Hermann Metz
1865 - 1945
Maximilian Hermann Maxy (1895 - 1971)
Maximilian Hermann Maxy
1895 - 1971
Johann Georg Müller (1913 - 1986)
Johann Georg Müller
1913 - 1986
Gotthard Graubner (1930 - 2013)
Gotthard Graubner
1930 - 2013
Otis Kaye (1885 - 1974)
Otis Kaye
1885 - 1974
Georg Osterwald (1803 - 1884)
Georg Osterwald
1803 - 1884
Alfred Seifert (1850 - 1901)
Alfred Seifert
1850 - 1901
Volker Grahn (1941)
Volker Grahn
1941

Creators Impressionism

Toni von Stadler (1850 - 1917)
Toni von Stadler
1850 - 1917
Leo Cremer (1911 - 1989)
Leo Cremer
1911 - 1989
Lore Friedrich-Gronau (1905 - 2002)
Lore Friedrich-Gronau
1905 - 2002
Boris Iakovlevich Vorobev (1911 - 1990)
Boris Iakovlevich Vorobev
1911 - 1990
Otto Altenkirch (1875 - 1945)
Otto Altenkirch
1875 - 1945
Franz Theodor Aerni (1853 - 1918)
Franz Theodor Aerni
1853 - 1918
William Gilpin (1724 - 1804)
William Gilpin
1724 - 1804
Stanislav Reikhan (1858 - 1919)
Stanislav Reikhan
1858 - 1919
Nikolay Semyonovich Samokish (1860 - 1944)
Nikolay Semyonovich Samokish
1860 - 1944
Charles Schreyvogel (1861 - 1912)
Charles Schreyvogel
1861 - 1912
Margaret Olley (1923 - 2011)
Margaret Olley
1923 - 2011
Robert Emil Stübner (1874 - 1931)
Robert Emil Stübner
1874 - 1931
Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923)
Sarah Bernhardt
1844 - 1923
Amalia Manesova (1817 - 1883)
Amalia Manesova
1817 - 1883
Hermann Gemmel (1813 - 1868)
Hermann Gemmel
1813 - 1868
Max Fuhrmann II (1891 - 1953)
Max Fuhrmann II
1891 - 1953
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