Edmund Hottenroth

• Name — Edmund Hottenroth • Born — 9 October 1804 • Birthplace — Blasewitz, Dresden, Germany • Died — 13 April 1889 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Painter • Relatives — Woldemar Hottenroth • Illustration — Water Buffalo in the Roman Campagna • Illustration — View of the Campagna with Roman Aqueduct

He was born to Franz Aloys Hottenroth, a Chamberlain, and his wife Josepha, née Busetti. Her ancestors were Italian merchants, who had come to Germany during the construction of Dresden Cathedral. He attended a Catholic school, then served an apprenticeship at a business. He was largely self-taught in drawing and painting, although he took a few lessons from Caspar David Friedrich and Johan Christian Dahl. In 1826, together with his brother, he took a trip to the Riesengebirge, and other parts of Bohemia. From 1829 to 1830 he and Woldemar were in Paris, following which they made a joint study trip to Italy. There, they became a part of the German-Roman community; taking lessons from Joseph Anton Koch and Johann Christian Reinhart. Woldemar returned to Germany in 1844, but he chose to stay in Rome and become a landscape painter. He also designed and executed decorations for the Antico Caffè Greco; a gathering place for the intellectual community. He died in Rome and was buried there.