Karl Wilhelm Gentz (1822 - 1890)

Karl Wilhelm Gentz (1822 - 1890) - photo 1

Karl Wilhelm Gentz

Karl Wilhelm Gentz was a German painter of the second half of the 19th century. He is known as a successful master who specialized in historical and ethnographic-genre painting with orientalist themes.

Gentz traveled to Morocco, Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and other eastern regions, which influenced his style and fascination with Orientalism. The artist reproduced picturesque scenes, conveying the character of the area and its inhabitants with impressive beauty and truthfulness. He also created paintings with biblical and religious content, adhering to the realist trend. In the last years of his life, Gentz was a professor of painting and a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Date and place of birt:9 december 1822, Neuruppin, Germany
Date and place of death:23 august 1890, Berlin, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Painter
Genre:Genre art, History painting
Art style:Orientalism

Creators Germany

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Adolf Hartmann (1900 - 1972)
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Clemens Weiss (1955)
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Carl Jacob Jucker (1902 - 1997)
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Ivan Semyonovich Chuikov (1935 - 2020)
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Julius Hübner II (1842 - 1874)
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1842 - 1874
Julius Schönrock (1835 - 1878)
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Alexius Geyer (1816 - 1883)
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Tom Hartwig (1947)
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Eduard Hopf (1901 - 1973)
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Christian Schad (1894 - 1982)
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Willy Graba (1894 - 1973)
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Lorenz Petersen (1803 - 1870)
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Martin Dichtl (1639 - 1710)
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Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656 - 1730)
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Creators Orientalism

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Jules Robert Auguste (1789 - 1850)
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Carl Wuttke (1849 - 1927)
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 Inoel (XIX century - ?)
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Alcide Bariteau (1862 - 1943)
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Georg Macco (1863 - 1933)
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Jan Ciągliński (1858 - 1912)
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Gaston Hauchecorne (1880 - 1945)
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Georg Emanuel Opiz (1775 - 1841)
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Theodoros Vryzakis (1814 - 1878)
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1814 - 1878
David Wilkie (1785 - 1841)
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Pavel Kuznetsov (1878 - 1968)
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Hermann Corrodi (1844 - 1905)
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Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924)
Leon Bakst
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