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Post by Woland on Aug 11, 2020 11:29:48 GMT -5
John William Casilear (1811-1893) was a NY-born member of the Hudson River school of art, accompanying Asher Durand and John Frederick Kensett on a European trip.
Lake George (1860)
Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) was an Austrian painter who developed his landscape art in Rome, lived in Vienna from 1812-1815, upon returning to Rome he became an inspiration for the next generation of German emigrés in Italy.
Waterfalls at Subiaco (1813)
Charles-Émile de Tournemine (1812-1872) was a French painter who served in the Navy (eye wound at the Battle of Navarino). He joined an artillery regiment and became a designer at the Ministry of War. Later on he devoted himself to Orientalist landscapes.
Street leading to the Bazaar at Chabran-el-Kebir (1865) |
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Post by Woland on Aug 12, 2020 10:34:35 GMT -5
Gillis Rombouts (1630-1672) was born and died in Haarlem, he specialised in landscapes and beach scenes. His son Salomon became a painter too.
Landscape (1650)
Adolf Heinrich Lier (1826-1882) was the son of a goldsmith from Mecklenburg, he was sent to a construction tradeschool and found his way into landscape painting.
Grain harvest in the mountains (1857)
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1831-1932) was a German-born American artist, his patrons in Germany included royalty before he settled in Philadelphia in the 1860s. His wise investments ensured he didn't struggle to survive on painting; he created over 1,000 paintings before dying aged 100.
Lake Lucerne (1882)
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Post by Woland on Aug 13, 2020 11:10:07 GMT -5
Willem van Bemmel (1630-1708) was born in Utrecht, went on the Grand Tour to Rome before settling in Nuremberg.
Italianate Landscape (1667)
Adalbert Waagen (1833-1898) was the son of a German painter. One of his wealthy patrons was the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; at one point Waagen worked on a series of landscapes based on the Nibenlungenleid for the fairytale Neuschwanstein Castle which never came to fruition. Despite suffering from sleepwalking and receiving a snake bite, Waagen earned a fair bit of money during his lifetime, with help from the death of a wealthy relative.
Mountain Motif
Julian Ashton (1851-1942) was born in Surrey to an American father, his maternal grandfather was a Sardinian diplomat. In 1878 he moved to Australia and settled there.
Circular Quay, Sydney (1888) |
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