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Carl Morgenstern was a German landscape painter of the Romantic period. His father, Johann Friedrich Morgenstern, was an architectural and landscape painter, and Carl received painting and drawing lessons from him at a young age.
At the age of 21 Carl went to Munich and became a pupil of the landscape painter Carl Rottmann. After a three-year stay in Italy, he returned to Frankfurt am Main, where he established himself as an artist and was later appointed professor.
His paintings from the early period mainly show landscapes, which surprise with special light effects and earned him the nickname "Italianist". Despite his desire for artistic innovation, he later devoted himself mainly to repeating popular motifs in order to satisfy his patrons.
Some of his most important works are views of Frankfurt am Main and the city's surroundings, as well as landscapes from the Taunus and along the Rhine.
Carl Morgenstern was a German landscape painter of the Romantic period. His father, Johann Friedrich Morgenstern, was an architectural and landscape painter, and Carl received painting and drawing lessons from him at a young age.
At the age of 21 Carl went to Munich and became a pupil of the landscape painter Carl Rottmann. After a three-year stay in Italy, he returned to Frankfurt am Main, where he established himself as an artist and was later appointed professor.
His paintings from the early period mainly show landscapes, which surprise with special light effects and earned him the nickname "Italianist". Despite his desire for artistic innovation, he later devoted himself mainly to repeating popular motifs in order to satisfy his patrons.
Some of his most important works are views of Frankfurt am Main and the city's surroundings, as well as landscapes from the Taunus and along the Rhine.
August Weber was a German landscape painter and lithographer of the Düsseldorf school of painting.
In the mid-19th century he became a member of the Malkasten association of progressive artists (Paintbox).
In addition to landscape painting, August Weber also created watercolors and lithographs.
Peter Philipp Rumpf was a German painter and etcher. From 1838 he studied painting with Jakob Becker, Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt, Heinrich von Rustige and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. In 1844, Rumpf founded an art school for middle-class daughters, which he ran until 1860. In 1858, Rumpf founded the Kronberg painters' colony in Kronberg im Taunus with his fellow students Anton Burger and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. In addition to oil painting, Rumpf worked on etchings, watercolors and drawings. In 1888 he was appointed professor and was also court painter to Duke Adolph von Nassau-Weilburg.
Peter Philipp Rumpf was a German painter and etcher. From 1838 he studied painting with Jakob Becker, Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt, Heinrich von Rustige and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. In 1844, Rumpf founded an art school for middle-class daughters, which he ran until 1860. In 1858, Rumpf founded the Kronberg painters' colony in Kronberg im Taunus with his fellow students Anton Burger and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. In addition to oil painting, Rumpf worked on etchings, watercolors and drawings. In 1888 he was appointed professor and was also court painter to Duke Adolph von Nassau-Weilburg.
Karl Luckhardt was a painter, draughtsman and etcher. He trained as a lithographer and studied with Emil Gies at the Städel from 1907. After military service and studies in Munich, he settled in Frankfurt as a freelance artist. In the 1920s he became a popular commissioned painter, known for his depictions of rural life. Although Luckhardt fell out of favour after the Second World War, he regained recognition through public commissions and the support of friends. His detailed and sensitive depictions of landscapes, portraits and still lifes were well received by the public. While his work was popular with the public, it was often criticised by art critics for its typecasting. A retrospective in 1985 drew attention to Luckhardt's forgotten early works, including important oil studies, watercolours, drawings and etchings. His preferred subjects included landscapes, country life, animals, portraits and still lifes, with a focus on Frankfurt and its surroundings.
