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Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies was a German impressionist painter. He specialised in landscapes and was considered a brilliant graphic artist.
Claus Friedrich Bergen was a German painter of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a marine painter and illustrator.
Claus Bergen illustrated Karl May's adventure tales early in his career, creating more than 450 works. He specialized in nautical subjects, depictions of fishing and coastal landscapes, and traveled to Norway, England, the Mediterranean and America. During World War I, Bergen created paintings depicting sea battles; he was the only artist of his time to participate in a submarine raid. In World War II, he was included by the Nazis in the "God-given list" and his work was exhibited in Nazi exhibitions in Munich from 1937 to 1944.
Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction.
Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Modersohn was a German painter of the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. He is known as a landscape painter, a representative of the Barbizon School.
Otto Modersohn produced Barbizonian-style landscapes early in his career, but from about 1890 his style became more expressionist, with an emphasis on his choice of colors. The death of his second wife influenced his style: the colors became darker and the images more stark. Modersohn was one of the founders of the Worpswede artists' colony. A large collection of his works is kept in the Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude, and a street in Berlin is also named after him.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Hans Peter Feddersen the Younger is a German painter, master of landscape and genre painting of Friesland.
Julius von Ehren was a German post-Impressionist painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Julius von Ehren lived as a free artist in Hamburg since 1893. During study trips to the Lower Elbe region, he at first painted simple pictures of village life together with Thomas Herbst. He was particularly interested in interior lighting as well as village streets, landscapes and portraits.
Von Ehren was one of the young artists who were initially rejected by the established Hamburg art scene with their plein air paintings, often done in bright colours.
Patrick von Kalckreuth, born Patrick Dunbar, was a leading German maritime painter.
Franz Seraph Lenbach was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society, he was often referred to as the "Malerfürst" (Painter Prince).
Rudolf Schlichter was a German painter and one of the most important representatives of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement.
Fritz Winter was a German painter of the postwar period best known for his abstract works in the Art Informel style.
Fritz Winter was a German painter of the postwar period best known for his abstract works in the Art Informel style.
