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Julius Paul Junghanns was a German animal painter of Austrian origin.
Fritz Köhler (birth name Friedrich Köhler) was a German marine and landscape painter.
As a young man, Köhler spent much time on merchant ships on the seas, then studied painting in Hamburg and Weimar. He painted coastal and rural landscapes in calm colors. Fritz Köhler was a member of the Imperial Association of Fine Artists in Germany and the Düsseldorf Malkasten Artists' Association, and participated in numerous exhibitions.
Hubert Ritzenhofen was a Dutch artist who specialised in city and seascapes as well as genre scenes.
Bernhard (Bernd) Becher and Hilla Becher were German conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the 'Becher school' or the 'Düsseldorf School' they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.
