Karl Wilhelm Gentz (1822 - 1890)

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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

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Theodor Martens (1822 - 1884)
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Marc Lüders (1963)
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Franz Roubaud (1856 - 1928)
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Peter Hohberger (1939)
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1939
Gerhard Brandes (1923 - 2013)
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Dorothy Ianonne (1933 - 2022)
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Jürgen Jansen (1960)
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Ivan Semyonovich Chuikov (1935 - 2020)
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Erik Richter (1889 - 1981)
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Leo von König (1871 - 1944)
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Alois Erbach (1888 - 1972)
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Maxim Wakultschik (1973)
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Max Radler (1904 - 1971)
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Michael Croissant (1928 - 2002)
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Carl Ludwig Rundt (1802 - 1868)
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Creators Orientalism

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Pavel Kuznetsov (1878 - 1968)
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 Jean-François Portaels (1818 - 1895)
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Romualdo Locatelli (1905 - 1943)
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Cesar Alvarez Dumont (1866 - 1945)
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Leopold Karl Muller (1834 - 1892)
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Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851 - 1929)
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1851 - 1929
Félix Guyot Guillain (1878 - 1960)
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1878 - 1960
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin (1847 - 1909)
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin
1847 - 1909
Jan Portielje (1829 - 1908)
Jan Portielje
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Georg Macco (1863 - 1933)
Georg Macco
1863 - 1933
Modesto Faustini (1839 - 1891)
Modesto Faustini
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Antoine-Alphonse Montfort (1802 - 1884)
Antoine-Alphonse Montfort
1802 - 1884
Nikolay Yegorovich Makovsky (1841 - 1886)
Nikolay Yegorovich Makovsky
1841 - 1886
August von Siegen (1850 - 1910)
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Friedrich Nerly (1807 - 1878)
Friedrich Nerly
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