Düsseldorf school of painting
The Düsseldorf School of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Düsseldorf Academy (now the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State Art Academy) roughly between 1819 and 1918, first directed by the painter Wilhelm von Schadow.
Düsseldorf school of painting
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The Düsseldorf School of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Düsseldorf Academy (now the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State Art Academy) roughly between 1819 and 1918, first directed by the painter Wilhelm von Schadow.
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The work of the Düsseldorf School is characterized by finely detailed yet fanciful landscapes, often with religious or allegorical stories set in the landscapes. Major members of the Düsseldorf School advocated "plein air painting", and tended to use a palette with relatively subdued and even colors. The Düsseldorf School derived from and was a part of the German Romantic movement. Prominent members of the Düsselorf School included von Schadow, Karl Friedrich Lessing, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Andreas Achenbach, Hans Fredrik Gude, Adolph Tidemand, Oswald Achenbach, and Adolf Schrödter. The Düsseldorf School had a significant influence on the Hudson River School in the United States, and many prominent Americans trained at the Düsseldorf Academy and show the influence of the Düsseldorf School, including George Caleb Bingham, David Edward Cronin, Eastman Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, Richard Caton Woodville, William Stanley Haseltine, James McDougal Hart, Helen Searle, and William Morris Hunt, as well as German émigré Emanuel Leutze. Albert Bierstadt applied but was not accepted. His American friend Worthington Whittredge became his teacher while attending Düsseldorf.
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Notable artists
• Illustration — The old "Academie of Düsseldorf", Andreas Achenbach, 1831 • Illustration — Clearing Up—Coast of Sicily, Andreas Achenbach, 1847, The Walters Art Museum • Illustration — Jolly Flatboatmen in Port, George Caleb Bingham, 1857 • Illustration — Tranquillity after the Storm, Erik Bodom, 1871 • Illustration — Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia, David Edward Cronin, 1888 • Illustration — On the Seashore, Eugen Dücker, 1875 • Illustration — The Veterans (From Days Gone By), Bengt Nordenberg, 1882, Hallwyl Museum • Illustration — Die Amazonenschlacht, Anselm Feuerbach, 1873 • Illustration — Dandenong Ranges from Beleura, Eugene von Guerard, 1870 • Illustration — Negro Life at the South, Eastman Johnson, 1859 • Illustration — Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze, 1851 • Illustration — Romantische Landschaft, Carl Friedrich Lessing • Illustration — Rain in an oak forest, Ivan Shishkin, 1891 • Illustration — Mathilde Wesendonck, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, 1850 • Illustration — Lady in Aquamarine, Carl Schmitz-Pleis, 1911 Between 1819 and 1918, some 4000 artists belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting, including:
A
A
• Victoria Åberg (1824–1892) • Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) • Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905) • Hermann Anschütz (1802–1880) • Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892) • Louis Asher (1804–1878) • Anders Askevold (1834–1900)
B
B
• Hans von Bartels (1856–1913) • William Holbrook Beard (1823–1900) • August Becker (1821–1887) • Jakob Becker (1810–1872) • Peter Behrens (1868–1940) • Gunnar Berg (1863–1893) • Ludolph Berkemeier (1864–1931) • Edward Beyer (1820–1865) • Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) • George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) • Georg Bleibtreu (1828–1892) • Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) • Erik Bodom (1829–1879) • Friedrich Boser (1809–1881) • August Bromeis (1813–1881) • Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908) • Anton Bütler (1819–1874) • Joseph Niklaus Bütler (1822–1885)
C
C
• Alexandre Calame (1810–1864) • Wilhelm Camphausen (1818–1885) • August Cappelen (1827–1852) • Gustaf Cederström (1845–1933) • Fanny Churberg (1845–1892) • Johann Wilhelm Cordes (1824–1869) • Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867) • Ludwig des Coudres (1820–1878) • Ernest Crofts (1847–1911) • Georg Heinrich Crola (1804–1879) • David Edward Cronin (1839–1925)
D
D
• Hans Dahl (1849–1937) • Herminia Borchard Dassel (1839-1846) • Ernst Deger (1809–1885) • Anton Dietrich (1833–1904) • Eugen Dücker (1841–1916)
E
E
• Adam Eberle (1804–1832) • Marie Egner (1850–1940)
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F
• Joseph Fay (1813–1875) • Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880) • Albert Flamm (1823–1906) • Arnold Forstmann (1842–?) • Friedrich Friedländer (1825–1901) • Bernhard Fries (1820–1879) • Otto Frölicher (1840–1890) • Hermann Fuechsel (1833–1915)
G
G
• Julius Geertz (1837–1902) • Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880) • Hans Fredrik Gude (1825–1903) • Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901)
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H
• Aasta Hansteen (1824–1908) • James McDougal Hart (1828–1901) • William Stanley Haseltine (1835–1900) • Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810–1853) • Lars Hertervig (1830–1902) • George Hetzel (1826–1899) • Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832–1932) • Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) • Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828–1904) • Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) • Oskar Hoffmann (1851–1912) • Adolfo Hohenstein (1854–1928) • Julius Hübner (1806–1882) • Emil Hünten (1827–1902) • William Morris Hunt (1824–1879) • Otto Hupp (1859–1949)
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I
• Franz Ittenbach (1813–1879)
J
J
• Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812–1901) • Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819–1881) • August Jernberg (1826–1896) • Eastman Johnson (1824–1906)
K
K
• Arthur Kampf (1864–1950) • Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805–1874) • William Keith (1838–1911) • César Klein (1876–1954) • Julian Klein von Diepold (1868–1947) • Louis Henry Weston Klingender (1861–1950) • Ludwig Knaus (1829–1910) • Heinrich Christoph Kolbe (1771–1836) • Rudolf Koller (1828–1905) • Julius Kronberg (1850–1921)
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L
• Ants Laikmaa (1860–1942) • Marcus Larson (1825–1864) • Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919) • Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) • Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868) • Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939) • Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891) • George Luks (1867–1933)
M
M
• August Macke (1887–1914) • Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953) • August Malmström (1829–1901) • Gari Melchers (1860–1932) • Carlo Mense (1886–1965) • Johann Georg Meyer (1813–1886) • Otto Modersohn (1865–1943) • Heinrich Mücke (1806–1891) • Andreas Müller (1811–1890) • Morten Müller (1828–1911) • Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941) • Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900) • Ludvig Munthe (1841–1896)
N
N
• Amaldus Nielsen (1838–1932) • Wilhelm Theodor Nocken (1830–1905) • Bengt Nordenberg (1822–1902) • Victorine Nordenswan (1838—1872) • Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) • Adolph Northen (1828–1876)
O
O
• Theobald von Oer (1807–1885)
P
P
• Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels (1833–1913) • Carl von Perbandt (1832–1911) • Heinrich Petersen-Angeln (1850–1906) • Maksymilian Piotrowski (1813–1875) • Eduard Wilhelm Pose (1812–1878) • Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803–1889)
R
R
• Kristjan Raud (1865–1943) • Paul Raud (1865–1930) • Robert Reinick (1805–1852) • Alfred Rethel (1816–1859) • Karl Lorenz Rettich (1841–1904) • Henry Ritter (1816–1853) • Theodor Rocholl (1854–1933)
S
S
• Hubert Salentin (1822–1910) • Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807–1863) • Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877–1943) • Julius Schrader (1815–1900) • Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899) • Adolf Seel (1829–1907) • Ivan Shishkin (1838–1892) • Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805–1867) • Alfred Sohn-Rethel (1875–1958) • Karli Sohn-Rethel (1882–1966) • Hermine Stilke (1804–1869) • Bernhard Studer (1832–1868)
T
T
• Adolph Tidemand (1814–1876)
U
U
• Carl d'Unker (1828–1866) • Lesser Ury (1861–1931)
V
V
• Frederick Vezin (1859–1942) • Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942)
W
W
• Alfred Wahlberg (1834–1906) • Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922) • Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910) • Charles Wimar (1828–1862) • Mårten Eskil Winge (1825–1896) • Richard Caton Woodville (1825–1855) • Magnus von Wright (1805–1868)
Z
Z
• Clemens von Zimmermann (1788–1869)
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- 1.Als die zu betrachtende Zeitspanne der Düsseldorfer Malerschule hat sich unter Einbeziehung des Langen 19. Jahrhunderts der Zeitraum von 1819, das Jahr der preußischen Neugründung der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf und des Beginns des Direktorats von Peter Cornelius, bis 1918, das Jahr des Endes des Ersten Weltkriegs und des Deutschen Kaiserreichs, allgemein durchgesetzt. Der vom Kunsthistoriker Wolfgang Hütt vertretene Ansatz, das Jahr 1869 als das Datum einer gescheiterten Künstler-Revolte gegen das Direktorat einer "junkerlich-preußischen Beamtenbürokratie" unter Hermann Altgelt als Ende der Düsseldorfer Malerschule zu betrachten, setzte sich nicht durch. – Vgl. Wolfgang Hütt: Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819–1869. VEB E. A. Seemann Buch- und Kunstverlag, Leipzig 1983, S. 250 f.
- 2.Schadow and his students "bildeten den Krystallisationspunkt, um den sich in späteren Jahren die Düsseldorfer Schule anlegte". Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter: Düsseldorfer Künstler aus den letzten fünfundzwanzig Jahren. Leipzig, 1854, S. 1
- 3.Humboldt, Wilhelm von. Gesammelte Schriften. 1. Abteilung: Werke. Band 6 1827–1835. Walter de Gruyter. 585. 1968. 978-3-11-019258-2.
- 4.Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf und Galerie Paffrath (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule, 3 Bände, Düsseldorf und München, 1997–1999
- 5.Museum Kunstpalast. The Düsseldorf School of Painting and Its International Influence 1819-1918. 402–420. 2011. 978-3-86568-737-1.
- 6.Lekisch, Barbara (2003). Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855–1915, pp 173–174. Great West Books.
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