Ludwig Richter
Illustration — Ludwig Richter. Portrait by Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1836) • Illustration — Ludwig Richter's house at Schlossbrucke in Meissen • Illustration — Statue of Ludwig Richter next to the Albertinum in Dresden Adrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles.
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Ludwig Richter

Wilhelm von Kügelgen · Spitzer, Bischoff (Hrsg.): Ludwig Richter. Der Maler. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München 2003 · Public domain
- Born
- 1803.
- Died
- 1884.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony.
- Occupation
- painter, etcher, illustrator, autobiographer, university teacher, graphic artist, draftsperson and artist.
- Movements
- Biedermeier and Post-romanticism.
- Known for
- Civitella & Ariccia, Ariccia (Morning) and Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape.
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Illustration — Ludwig Richter. Portrait by Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1836) • Illustration — Ludwig Richter's house at Schlossbrucke in Meissen • Illustration — Statue of Ludwig Richter next to the Albertinum in Dresden Adrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles.
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Life
Life
He was the most popular, and in many ways the most typical German illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. His work is described as typically German and homely as are the fairy-tales of Grimm, for whom he produced several woodcuts.
He was born in Friedrichstadt, Dresden, the son of the engraver Carl August Richter, from whom he received his training. The interest of his uneventful life centres within the circle of his art. As a painter Richter aimed at a thorough blending of the figure element with the landscape and may be judged by the following examples: "Harvest Procession in the Campagna" (1833) and three others in the Leipzig Museum: "Ferry at the Schreckenstein" (1836) and "Bridal Procession in Springtime" (1847), in the Dresden Gallery; "View of the Riesengebirge" (1839), in the National Gallery, Berlin. One of his most notable protégés was Hermann Lungkwitz. Richter visited Italy from 1823 to 1826, and his Thunderstorm in the Sabine Mountains at the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt is one of the rare Italian subjects from his brush. He worked as designer for the Meissen factory, living in a house on Schlossbrucke, close to the castle and cathedral, from 1828 to 1836. In 1841 he became professor and head of the landscape atelier at the Dresden Academy (now Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden). The Dresden Gallery owns one of his best and most characteristic paintings: Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape. An eye disease put a stop to the practice of his art in 1874; he was pensioned in 1877, and died at Loschwitz, near Dresden.
Main works
Main works
Among his 240 etchings are about 140 views in Saxony, others of Salzburg, Rome, and the Campagna. His individuality is most completely revealed in his 3000 or more drawings. Of special charm are his illustrations for The Vicar of Wakefield (1841), for Musäus' Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1842) and for numerous other fairy tales, for the Goethe Album (1855), for Schiller's Glocke (1857), and those cyclical publications which reveal the most brilliant side of the artist's inexhaustible fancy, such as Beschauliches und Erbauliches (1851); Kinderleben (1852); Fürs Haus (1858–1861); Der gute Hirt (1860); Unser täglich Brot (1866); Bilder und Vignetten (1874). • Illustration — Pool in the Riesengebirge (1839) • Illustration — Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape (1847) • Illustration — Civitella (Evening) (1827–1828); note: the woman in the foreground depicts Richter's wife
Life and career
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Life and career
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1803
Ludwig Richter born at Friedrichstadt.
1868
202 Holzschnitte nach Zeichnungen von Ludwig Richter (1868) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1884
Ludwig Richter died at Dresden.
Publications
• His autobiography, Lebenserinnerungen eines deutschen Malers, edited by his son Heinrich, (Twelfth edition, Frankfurt, 1905) • J. F. Hoff, (Dresden, 1877) • Johannes Erler, (Leipzig, 1897) • V. Mohn, (Bielefeld, 1898) • Atkinson, in Art Journal (London, 1885) • Lützow, Die vervielfältigende Kunst der Gegenwart (Vienna, 1886) • Alte und neue Studenten-Lieder (Old and new Student Songs), and Alte und neue Volks-Lieder (Old and new Folk Songs), (Leipzig 1844–47) (together with Adolf Eduard Marschner).

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Ludwig Richter, Castel Gandalfo, c., 1831
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- Richter, Ludwig Adrian, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q551896: Ludwig Richter
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- “Ludwig Richter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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