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Johann Georg Valentin Ruths was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is known as a landscape painter.
Ruths painted a variety of natural landscapes, including forests, mountains, plains, desert places and villages. He most often depicted the lower Elbe River, as well as Italian and Swiss vistas. His paintings, imbued with an elegiac mood, are still popular in Germany and are common in galleries and private collections. Some of his famous works are "Evening in the Sabine Mountains", "North German Oak Tree", "The Grave of a Rich Man on the Baltic Coast", "The First Spring Day", "Misty Morning in the Forest" and others.
Heinrich Johann von Zügel was a German painter of the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter who specialized in depicting farm animals in dramatic and humorous situations.
Von Zügel invested more than 40 years in the subject of "Hard Labor," depicting mostly the work of oxen. By creating 24 versions of this subject, the artist demonstrated the evolution of his skill from realistic detailing to cubic and monumental interpretation. Von Zügel also created light impressionist paintings, including a self-portrait at the age of 77. In addition to animals, he also painted portraits and cityscapes.
