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Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of German painters, which spanned three generations.
His work consisted primarily of portraits of the nobility, mythological scenes, and historical paintings. For his mythology paintings his models were mostly members of the upper nobility.
Franz von Defregger was an Austrian artist known for producing genre art and history paintings set in his native county of Tyrol.
Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with The Sin in 1892.
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).
Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with The Sin in 1892.
Heinrich Franz Gaudenz von Rustige was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is known as a historical and genre painter as well as a teacher.
Von Rustige in 1845 became a professor at the Stuttgart School of Fine Arts, and also managed an art gallery and a royal collection of art objects. In 1887, due to his advanced age, he retired from teaching and concentrated on his art. His works cover a variety of genres including historical and genre scenes, landscapes and portraits. Rustige's paintings can be seen at the National Gallery (Berlin) and the Art Museum in Düsseldorf.
Rustige is also known as a poet, having written a volume of lyric poems and historical verse dramas.
Heinrich Dreber, also known as Franz Dreber, was a German landscape painter and graphic artist.
He lived in Italy for a long time and was a member of the Academy of St. Luke in Rome. Italian nature had a great influence on Dreber's work, and many of his works are drawn in pen and pencil.
Heinrich Dreber's paintings are mostly on display in the National Gallery in Berlin.
Heinrich Franz Gaudenz von Rustige was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is known as a historical and genre painter as well as a teacher.
Von Rustige in 1845 became a professor at the Stuttgart School of Fine Arts, and also managed an art gallery and a royal collection of art objects. In 1887, due to his advanced age, he retired from teaching and concentrated on his art. His works cover a variety of genres including historical and genre scenes, landscapes and portraits. Rustige's paintings can be seen at the National Gallery (Berlin) and the Art Museum in Düsseldorf.
Rustige is also known as a poet, having written a volume of lyric poems and historical verse dramas.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German pioneering composer, conductor and opera reformer.
His first proper Symphony in C major was performed at the Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts in 1833. Wagner lived in a colony of poor German artists and made his living in music journalism. Nevertheless, in 1841 he wrote his first representative opera, The Flying Dutchman, based on the legend of a ship captain doomed to sail forever. In 1842 his Rienzi was triumphantly performed in Dresden, after which Wagner was appointed conductor of the court opera and held this position until 1849.
In 1848-49 Wagner became involved in the German Revolution, wrote a number of articles in support of it, and took an active part in the Dresden Uprising of 1849. When the uprising failed, he was forced to flee Germany. His subsequent years were occupied mainly with writing theoretical treatises on philosophy and music. Wagner held anti-Semitic and Nazi views. And reflecting on the future of music, he predicted the disappearance of opera as an artificial entertainment for the elite and the emergence of a new kind of musical stage work for the people, expressing the self-realization of free humanity. This new work was later called "musical drama."
By 1857 his style had been enriched with new interpretations, and Wagner had composed "Rheingold," "Die Walküre," and two acts of "Siegfried." By 1864, however, unwise financial habits had driven him into debt and ruin, and he was forced to flee from prison to Stuttgart. He was rescued by King Louis II, an ardent admirer of Wagner's work. Under his patronage for six years in Munich, the composer's operas were successfully staged. The King also practically ensured him a trouble-free life, thanks to his support Wagner built his own opera house (Bayreuther Festspielhaus), in which many new constructive ideas were realized. The premiere of "The Ring" and "Parsifal" took place here.
As a result of all Wagner's creative innovations and methods, a new kind of art emerged, the distinctive feature of which was a deep and complex symbolism, operating in three inseparable planes - dramatic, verbal and musical. He had a significant influence on European musical culture, especially on the development of opera and symphonic genres.
Richard Wagner's major works include The Flying Dutchman (1843), Tannhäuser (1845), Lohengrin (1850), Tristan und Isolde (1865), Parsifal (1882), and his great tetralogy, The Ring of the Nibelung (1869-76).
Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with The Sin in 1892.
Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with The Sin in 1892.