Julius Hübner

Julius Hübner studied at Academy of Arts, Berlin. Arthur von Ramberg, Richard Brandner and Heinrich Wittich are recorded as having studied under Julius Hübner. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Düsseldorf and Dresden. Employment is recorded with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Julius Hübner is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Alte Nationalgalerie and Goethe House.

Hübner was born at Oels in Silesia, studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin under Schadow, and in Düsseldorf. He first attracted attention by his picture of "Ruth and Boaz" (1825). He traveled in Italy and resided for the most part at Düsseldorf until 1839. In that year he settled at Dresden, becoming a professor in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1841 and director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in 1871. He oversaw the printing of the gallery catalogues and wrote a forward to the 1871 catalogue describing the history of the collection, which was published in English in 1876. He obtained the great gold medal at Brussels in 1851. He died in Loschwitz.

Among the works of Hübner's first period are The Fisherman (1828), after Goethe's ballad; Ruth and Naomi (1833), in the National Gallery, Berlin; Christ and the Four Evangelists (1835); Job and his Friends (1838), in the Gallery of Frankfurt; Consider the Lilies (1839); and the portrait of Frederick III, in Frankfurt's Römer. To his second, or Dresden, period belong the Golden Age and Dispute between Luther and Dr. Eck (1866), in the Dresden Gallery; Charles V at San Yuste; Last Days of Frederick the Great; Cupid in Winter, and others.

• Illustration — Carl Friedrich Lessing (detail) • Illustration — Melusine • Illustration — Portrait of his wife, Pauline • Illustration — Johann Gottfried Schadow

The authorities additionally record the headings Julius Rudolf Julius-Benno Hubner, Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner, Rudolf Julius Benno Huebner, Rudolph Julius Benno Hübner and julius hubner. His recorded language was German. He married Pauline Hübner. 3 children are recorded: Hans Hübner, Emil Hübner and Eduard Hübner.