Animalistic Germany
Julius Anton Adam was a German genre painter and animalist who specialised in the depiction of cats and was a member of an influential family of Munich painters.
Julius Anton Adam was a pupil of Professor Michael Echter and later Wilhelm von Dietz at the Munich Academy of Art. He later became a professor himself.
Benno Rafael Adam is a German animalist painter.
He began his fine art studies under the tutelage of his father, the balloonist painter Albrecht Adam. He masterfully depicted hunting dogs and horses, especially scenes of hunting wild animals. Benno Adam also illustrated several textbooks and manuals on livestock breeding.
Benno's son Emil Adam also became an artist.
Albrecht Adam was a Bavarian painter of the first half of the 19th century. He is best known for the fact that as a member of Napoleon's Grand Army he took part in the campaign against Russia in 1812 as the official artist of the headquarters of the IV (Italian) Corps. Throughout the campaign, the artist made sketches and drawings, capturing many of the important events of the campaign. Later, many of these sketches became the basis for full-fledged paintings, and to subjects from the Napoleonic wars, which he witnessed, Adam addressed until the end of his very long life.
Albrecht Adam was also the author of memoirs, in which he described in detail the Battle of Borodino and a number of other key events of the War of 1812.
Andreas Amrhein is a contemporary german artist. His first verified exhibition was Arbeiten auf Papier „Blau“ at Galerie Michael Schultz in Berlin in 1994. Andreas Amrhein is most frequently exhibited in Germany, but also had exhibitions in Austria, China and elsewhere.
Kurt Emil Hugo Arentz was a German artist and sculptor, known for his numerous works in the different districts of the city of Leverkusen. Some of his works can also be found in the Nörvenich Castle in the Museum of European Art.
Armando, born Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, poet, writer, violinist, actor, journalist, film, television and theater maker. Armando was his official name; his birth name, the pseudonym as he called it, no longer existed for him. He himself saw his work as «Gesamtkunstwerk», based on his experiences from the Second World War in the vicinity of Kamp Amersfoort.
Carl Johann Arnold was a German painter, draftsman, and graphic artist.
He was the son and pupil of the designer and wallpaper maker, landscape and portrait painter, lithographer, and decorator Carl Heinrich Arnold (1793-1874).
He first studied at the Academy in Kassel and then went to Berlin. Carl Johann Arnold painted pictures of animals, canvases on historical events, and numerous portraits. In particular, he created many portraits of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, for which he was apparently appointed royal Prussian court painter. Arnold also produced drawings, etchings, and lithographs that were published in the popular magazines of the time.
Carl Daniel David Friedrich Bach was a German artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Baroque period. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and printmaker.
Bach worked in the historical genre, was a portraitist, animalist, created canvases on allegorical subjects in the spirit of his era. In his works he combined elements of baroque and classicism. The artist often worked in the etching needle technique.
Unica Bachmann-Calcoen (Dutch: Unica Bachmann-Calcoen) was a German-Dutch artist who worked with portraits and depictions of animals, especially horses. She was a pupil of Marie de Jonge (1872-1951) and Martin Monnickendam (1874-1943).
Elias Baeck called "Heldenmuth", was a German painter and engraver from Augsburg. Baeck worked for some time in Rome, then in Laybach, but finally returned to Augsburg, where he died in 1747. His chief works — both in painting and engraving — were portraits and landscapes. His engravings are sometimes signed "E.B.a.H.", standing for "Elias Baeck, alias Heldenmuth".
Friedrich Baedeker, full name Friedrich Wilhelm Justus Baedeker or F. W. J. Baedeker, was a German pharmacist, bird egg collector and bird illustrator.
In addition to his work as a pharmacist, Baedeker had a passion for ornithology and was a good artist. His 774 watercolors are known, depicting some 386 European birds. In time, Baedeker became widely known as an ornithologist and zoologist, and his huge collection included about 4,000 eggs of various European and exotic birds.
Baedeker joined the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (German Society of Ornithologists) in 1851, shortly after its founding, and published several books on birds. One of these was Die Eier der europaeischen Voegel nach der Natur gemalt ("The Eggs of European Birds Drawn from Nature").
Elfriede Balzar-Kopp is a German ceramic artist.
She trained at the state ceramics engineering workshop in Höhr, worked in Karlsruhe at the State Maiolica Manufactory, and founded her own pottery workshop in Höhr in 1927.
Elfriede Balzar-Kopp initially focused on local Baroque vessels in her work and combined them with other styles. Her unique ceramic animal figurines, jugs, and genre scenes are sought after by collectors, and many of the objects she created adorn galleries around the world. Her son Heiner Balzar (born 1937) is one of the outstanding ceramic artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Jeanne Bauck, full name Jeanna Maria Charlotta Bauck, was a Swedish-German artist.
She studied painting in Dresden and Düsseldorf with the best teachers of the time. Later in Munich, Jeanne met the artist Berthe Wegmann, who became her friend. The emancipated women painted portraits of each other and exhibited their work in the Paris Salon. In 1882 Bauck opened a school for women artists in Munich and along with teaching painted landscapes, children's portraits.
Curt Beckmann is a German painter and sculptor.
He studied at the Düsseldorf State Academy of Art, was a member of the Rhine Secession, Das Junge Rheinland, was a member of the Malkasten Association of Artists, the Association of West German Artists and the Association of German Artists.
Beckmann's work is distinguished by the contemplative quality of the female nude bodies. He gradually moved from naturalistic figures to an almost abstract expressionist representation of them.
Fritz Behn, full name Max Adolf Friedrich Behn, is a German sculptor and graphic artist who became famous primarily for his sculptures of African animals. He studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
Fritz Behn was a member of the Munich Secession.
Mauro Bergonzoli is an Italian artist living and working near Munich.
Mauro showed a talent for drawing early on and found work quite quickly in advertising agencies in Milan. This was followed by a 25-year career as a creative director in commercial and animated films. It was only after that that Bergonzoli turned to pure art.
Bergonzoli is best known for his contemporary "canaletto-sketch" interpretations of Venice. In his signature neo-pop style, he shows the ancient trading city in all its splendor and splendor. The artist uses mostly acrylic paints, and his favorite chips - the all-seeing eye and the magic rabbit - give a twist to his creations.
Anton Braith was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is known as a painter, landscape painter and animalist.
Anton Braith was active for a total of 53 years. His creative path consists of four periods. At first, the artist imitated Dutch painting, then specialized in portraits of animals surrounded by nature. Between 1874 and 1894 he produced his most outstanding works, characterized by vividness and drama. In his last years he focused on animal scenes in mountain meadows, gradually retiring from active artistic endeavors.
Braith was professor of painting at the Munich Academy of Painting and an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
Józef Brandt was a Polish battlefield painter.
After changing his mind about becoming an engineer, in 1862 the aspiring artist moved to Munich, where he studied under Franz Adam and Karl Piloti, and eventually opened his own studio. Brandt was recognized in Munich as one of the outstanding artists of the Polish school; he quickly achieved both financial and artistic success here, and his studio attracted many pupils. By 1875 he was running an informal school for young artists, most of whom were Polish, and in the same year he was elected a member of the Berlin Academy. In 1878 he was elected a member of the Munich Academy, and in 1900. - Prague Academy.
The main theme of Brandt's work is scenes of the 17th-century wars in Poland, the Tatar and Swedish invasions. He accurately depicted the ammunition, arms and equipment of their participants and was especially fond of drawing horses.
Józef Brandt's paintings are in almost all Polish museums, and he is represented in museums and private collections in North America and Europe.
Johannes Brus is a German artist. He lives in Essen.
Brus works mainly as a sculptor and as a photographer. He experiments with different techniques with which he breaks the conventions of the respective genre. Many of his works are characterised by an idiosyncratic humour. Brus addresses aspects of cultural memory and the functions of images.
Anton Burger was a German painter, draftsman and etcher. He was a prolific and versatile painter, producing works in almost every genre. His paintings sold very well and, in the area around Kronberg, it was considered a sign of good taste to have a "Burger" in one's home. In 1861, he and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (an old friend from his days at the Städelschule) founded the Kronberg Artists' Colony, where he remained until his death. He was highly regarded and came to be known as the "King of Kronberg".
Michiel Carree of Karé was a Dutch painter and decorator of the Golden Age.
Carree was a famous landscape painter: King Frederick of Prussia invited him to Berlin and appointed him court painter. After the king's death, he returned to Holland and was mainly engaged in decorating the palaces of the noble townspeople. Carrée often depicted livestock in his landscapes, and these paintings can now be seen in the Rotterdam Museum.
Peter Chevalier is a German painter whose paintings and drawings are close to surrealism. In the 1980s, Chevalier juxtaposed the realistic with the abstract in his paintings. Clearly configured individual but combined things (houses, airplanes, stumps of columns, light bulbs, bones, etc.) dominated, which – as if one were cutting out illustrations from magazines and reassembling them as a collage – are inconsistent in their proportions in the pictorial context.
Paul Wilhelm Dams was a German animal painter who specialized in hunting motifs. He painted game - wild boars, foxes, deer, roe deer, hares - in a winter or autumn forest landscape, he especially loved birds - capercaillie, black grouse and pheasants. The artist lived in Ridsend in Bavaria, and during the Second World War also in Braunschweig, where he painted numerous motifs of the Harz mountains.
Arthur Degner was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Degner studied between 1906 and 1908 at the Art Academy in Königsberg under Ludwig Dettmann and Otto Heichert. In 1909 he came to Berlin after a stay in Munich. In 1912 he exhibited in the gallery of Paul Cassirer, at whose suggestion he had traveled to Paris in 1910. In 1919 he became a board member of the Free Secession, of which he had been a member since 1911. In 1920 he was appointed to the Königsberg Academy. In 1925 he returned to Berlin, where he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts (HBK). From 1931 to 1933 he was chairman of the Berlin Secession. After the National Socialists seized power, he was banned from working and exhibiting. Nevertheless, the Villa Romana Prize of the German Association of Artists enabled him to study in Florence in 1936 and in 1937 he became a member of the Association of Berlin Artists.
Johannes Christian Deiker is a German painter. He is mainly known for his hunting motifs. His father Christian Friedrich Deiker was a portrait painter and his younger brother Carl Friedrich an animalist.
Carl Friedrich Deiker was a German animal painter.
He depicted with particular interest the wild animals of Germany - deer and wild boar; battles between male deer, broods of wild piglets escaping from hunters. Some of his canvases are devoted to birds of prey - falcons, hawks as well as grouse, grouse; the life of foxes, hares and other animals and birds. The painter also illustrated animal scenes in art magazines and hunting literature.
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, also known as Christian Guillaume Ernest Dietricy, was a German painter and printmaker.
He was born in Weimar, Thuringia, into the family of the court painter Johann Georg Dietrich, and received his first training from his father. Dietrich worked in a variety of techniques and artistic movements of his time.
The talented artist took up any subjects: stories from the Old and New Testament, allegory and mythology, as well as portraits, genre scenes, portrayed ordinary people and livestock, painted coats of arms and vignettes, and more.
In 1764, Dietrich was appointed director of the painting school of the Meissen porcelain manufactory. The following year he became a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Works of Christian Wilhelm Dietrich can be found in many museums in Europe.
Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was a German artist whose work stands as a stark, unyielding reflection of the societal tumult and trauma of the early 20th century. Born in 1891 in Untermhaus, Germany, Dix's early life was steeped in the arts, his ambition to become an artist nurtured by both familial influence and formal education in Dresden. His experiences as a soldier in World War I deeply influenced his artistic direction, leading him to vividly depict the horrors of war and the decay of the Weimar Republic with a brutal realism that became his signature style.
Dix's association with the Dada movement and the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) further honed his critical, often cynical portrayal of post-war society. His works, such as "The Trench" and "War Cripples," expose the visceral aftermath of conflict, while his engagement with the Dadaists imbued his art with a disruptive, confrontational energy against societal norms and the art establishment.
Perhaps most notable is Dix's ability to capture the psychological depth and societal critiques through his portraits and landscapes, which ranged from the grotesque to the surreal. Paintings like "Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden" and the triptychs "Metropolis" and "War" are emblematic of his keen observation and stark depiction of the era's social and political unrest.
Despite facing significant adversity, including being labeled a degenerate artist by the Nazi regime and facing professional and personal setbacks, Dix's legacy as a painter and printmaker endures. His works are not only historical documents but also profound reflections on humanity, war, and society, resonating with collectors and art experts alike.
For enthusiasts of culture, art, and history, Dix's oeuvre offers an unflinching look into the human condition under the strain of societal and political upheaval. His contributions to painting and printmaking continue to be celebrated in museums and galleries worldwide, underscoring the enduring relevance of his work.
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Johanna Dumet is a French and German artist and designer living and working in Berlin.
She graduated in fashion design from La Calade, Marseille, France. Dumet uses a variety of techniques, such as gouache-dyed paper glued to canvas, and creates paper sculptures as well. She is known for painting impulsively, with a strong sense of flow and without limitations.
Thomas Duttenhoefer was a German sculptor, draughtsman, graphic artist, and illustrator, and professor at the University of Mannheim.
In addition to his human figures, Thomas Duttenhoefer's figurative work includes many depictions of animals in a deliberately crude manner.
He is a member of the New Darmstadt Secession, the Palatinate Secession and the Argo Group, Speyer.
Robert Eberle was a German painter. He was educated in Konstanz, where he was a pupil of the Swiss landscape and animal painter John Jacob Biedermann. In 1830 he moved to Munich and continued his education with Karl Theodor von Piloti and studied the works of Röysdal and Dujardin.
Eberle was known as a realist painter and quickly gained recognition for his genre scenes and depictions of animals, especially sheep, dogs and poultry. His son, Adolphe Eberle, was also an animal painter.
Adolf Eberle was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is known as a genre painter and animalist.
Adolf Eberle specialized in depicting rural life, especially Bavarian and Tyrolean farmers and hunters. Early in his career, he was interested in historical subjects, but quickly returned to depicting peasant and animal life. His painting "The Sale of the Last Cow" brought him his first great success in 1861, and in 1879 at the Munich exhibition his work "The First Deer" was highly praised by the jury.
Klaus Eberlein was a German graphic artist, illustrator and ceramic sculptor. He initially completed training as a chromolithographer. From 1962 to 1968 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and from 1968 he was a master student of Hermann Kaspar, receiving a final diploma from the academy. Eberlein was a member of the Association for Original Etching, the Dachau Artists' Association and the Munich Artists' Association. In 2013 he was accepted into the South German literary association Münchner Turmschreiber.
Heinrich Ambros Eckert was a German battle painter.
He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and specialized in military subjects. Eckert worked with the painter Dietrich Monten on illustrations for a publication about the German Federal Army, which included two hundred lithographs. The two artists also prepared drawings for a series of color lithographs of Russian military uniforms published as part of the Sämmtliche Truppen von Europa, published in parts between 1838 and 1843 with German and French signatures.
Martin Eder is a German artist.
From 1986 until 1992, he studied at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, and from 1993 until 1995 continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, attending the University of Kassel in 1995 and 1996. From 1996 until 1999 he studied under Eberhard Bosslet at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and was a master student under Professor Bosslet from 1991 until 2001. Eder lives and works in Berlin. He plays in his own experimental rock band under the name Richard Ruin et Les Demoniaques.
Max Ernst was a pivotal figure in the 20th-century art world, whose work transcended the boundaries of nationality and genre to leave an indelible mark on culture, art, sculpture, and painting. Born in Germany on April 2, 1891, and later becoming a naturalized American and French citizen, Ernst's career was a testament to his relentless innovation and creativity. Known primarily as an artist and painter, Ernst was a founding member of the Dada movement in Cologne before becoming a major proponent of Surrealism in Paris. His early encounters with the works of Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin at the Sonderbund exhibition in 1912 deeply influenced his artistic direction, infusing it with elements of Cubism and Expressionism. Despite his lack of formal artistic training, Ernst's experimentation with techniques such as collage and frottage showcased his unique ability to blend the absurd with the sublime, making him a central figure in the artistic avant-garde of his time.
Ernst's work is notable for its exploration of the unconscious, using dreamlike imagery and symbolic figures to critique societal norms and delve into the chaos of the human psyche. His experiences in World War I profoundly impacted his worldview, leading to a deep skepticism of Western culture and an enduring search for meaning through art. This is evident in works such as "Europe After the Rain II," which reflects the devastation of war and "The Fireside Angel," inspired by the political turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, showcasing his ability to address contemporary issues through a surreal lens.
Ernst's contributions to art are preserved in major museums and galleries worldwide, including the Tate in the United Kingdom and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His sculptures, paintings, and collages continue to be celebrated for their innovative techniques and imaginative scope, marking him as a revolutionary figure in modern art. Among his most significant works are "Ubu Imperator," "The Elephant Celebes," and "The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses," each reflecting his mastery over a diversity of mediums and themes.
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Max Esser was a German sculptor and designer, celebrated for his intricate animal sculptures and porcelain figurines. Born in 1885, Esser's career was marked by his detailed and lifelike representations of animals, which garnered significant acclaim and recognition in the art world.
Max Esser's education at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and the Berlin Art Academy honed his skills in sculpture, leading to regular exhibitions at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition from 1906. His works, often characterized by their expressive nature and technical precision, reflect his deep understanding of animal anatomy and movement.
Several of Max Esser's works are held in prestigious collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Notably, his chess set at the Met, featuring materials like silver, ivory, and ebony, showcases his versatility and craftsmanship. This set is adorned with zodiac and astrological symbols, adding a layer of depth and intrigue to each piece.
Max Esser's works have also been featured in numerous auctions, with pieces like his bronze birds and Meissen porcelain figurines achieving significant attention and high bids. His 'Eagle' figurine for Meissen, made in 1931, is a testament to his skill with porcelain, capturing the majesty and fierceness of the eagle in a delicate medium.
For collectors and experts in art and antiques, the works of Max Esser offer a blend of historical value and exquisite artistry. His contributions to porcelain art and animal sculpture remain influential, continuing to inspire admiration and scholarly interest.
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Tom Fabritius is a German painter and graphic artist living and working in Leipzig, a representative of the so-called New Leipzig School.
Tom studied painting and drawing at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. In 2002 he co-founded the production gallery LIGA in Berlin-Mitte. Tom Fabritius paints in a wide variety of genres as he finds his motifs in the stream of images in the television. He switches between programs and quickly and intuitively captures individual moments of an image with his camera. From this collection, he selects individual images, which he then paints with watercolors.
Heinrich Faltermeier was a German sculptor. After an apprenticeship as a goldsmith and years of travel, including to Spain, Faltermeier studied from 1936 to 1943 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He worked in accordance with the Nazi concept of art and created war memorials. From 1938 to 1944, with the exception of 1941, he was represented at all major German art exhibitions. Faltermeier's preferred working materials as a sculptor were bronze, marble and wood.
Max Feldbauer was a German painter, associated with the Munich Secession. He is primarily known for rural, Bavarian scenes. From 1901 to 1915, he taught at the Academy of the Münchner Künstlerinnenverein (women artists' association). In 1908, he joined the Munich Secession. He also ran his own painting school, in Mitterndorf, near the Dachau art colony, from 1912 to 1922. He left the Secession in 1913; becoming one of the founders of the New Secession, and served as a board member. In addition to all of these activities, he provided illustrations for Die Jugend (Youth), a weekly arts magazine.
Otto Hermann Fikentscher was a German painter, etcher, lithographer, and sculptor born in 1862 and died in 1945. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule de Dresde and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Fikentscher's main focus was on the representation of animals, often in picturesque surroundings, in oil paintings, watercolors, lithographs, or engravings. He exhibited his works several times at major art exhibitions in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich, and Karlsruhe.
Otto Clemens Fikentscher the Elder was a German painter, draughtsman and illustrator of the Düsseldorf School. Although it is unclear whether he is related to the artist Otto Fikentscher, who was married to Jenny Fikentscher, Otto Fikentscher (the Elder) studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and specialised in historical painting and the depiction of horses in battle scenes. He was a member of the artists' association Malkasten and served as a war correspondent during conflicts such as the German-Danish War and the Franco-Prussian War. Fikentscher's works were reproduced in popular magazines and showed his lively and dynamic style.
Dieter Finke is a German painter and sculptor.
Dieter Finke studied sculpture at the Hochschule für Arbeit Berlin, and has lived and worked in Berlin and New York. He was interested in painting, drawings, photo-objects and photo-collages, resulting in an extensive collection exhibited in renowned galleries in Berlin, Hanover, Hamburg and New York.
Finke used unusual materials such as wood and cardboard for his sculptural works, especially animals, and he always succeeded in convincingly portraying the fragile nature of the relationship between animals and humans. The form of the animal or bird is hinted at rather than filled in, leaving room for the viewer's imagination.
Jakob Fischer-Rhein, a German artist, was a talented draftsman, portrait and landscape painter.
After training as a technical draftsman, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and continued his studies in Munich. During the First World War he was a prisoner of war in France, where he was able to continue painting.
Fischer-Rhein also established himself in America and created impressive works, particularly of the New York skyline.
He was a member of the SA during the Nazi era and was represented at National Socialist exhibitions. After the war he settled in Miltenberg and painted motifs from various cities. Fischer-Rhein considered himself an academic painter and stayed away from modern trends.
Fritz Fleer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts in the class of Edwin Paul Scharf.
As independent artist, Fritz Fleer has been creating works for urban planning since the 1950s; in Hamburg he was commissioned for 17 sculptures by the municipal housing company SAGA.
Franz Frank was a German painter.
He studied painting at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts. Frank created many still lifes and landscapes, as well as sketches of everyday life and animals. He exhibited at the Academy in Stuttgart and the Dresden Art Association, and from 1928 he participated regularly in the exhibitions of the association Die Juryfreien in Berlin. Franz Frank took part in an exhibition of the Berlin Secession in 1932, but then the outbreak of the Second World War changed his whole life and he almost never returned to painting again.
Werner Franzen is a German sculptor known for his sculptural compositions in public spaces.
His works are made very simply, but they are very attractive and human. Franzen's sculptures do not break up interiors or landscapes, but blend in very organically, complementing them and creating a cozy atmosphere.