Biographies
-
Munich School_Louis Frederick Grell
Posted on
Louis Frederick Grell (November 30, 1887 – November 21, 1960) was an American figure composition and portrait artist based in the Tree Studio resident artist colony in Chicago. He received his formal training in Europe from 1900 through 1915 and later became an art professor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1922, and at
-
Charles Paul and Emil Albert Gruppe
Posted on
Charles Paul Gruppé _3 September 1860, Picton, Ontario_30 September 1940, New York City. Between 1897 and 1913, Gruppé lived in the Netherlands, where he painted with the Hague School of art and acted as a dealer for Dutch painters in the US. He, his wife Helen, and their children returned permanently to America in 1913 ahead of
-
munich school_Herman Hartwich
Posted on
Herman Hartwich_ Born July 8, 1853, in New York City_Died March 8, 1926 in_Munich. Herman was a German-American landscape and genre painter. He was initially taught how to paint by his father and later studied painting at The Academy of Fine Arts Munich_1881 to 1884. Much more than meandering through the history of Western Painting, this
-
Munich School_Johan steffan
Posted on
Johann Gottfried Steffan_December 13, 1815_June 16, 1905 was one of the most important Swiss Landscape Painters of the 19th century. Steffan traveled to Munich in 1833 where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts under Peter von Cornelius. Influenced by Carl Rottman Peter turned to Landscape. Steffan’s studio became the center of the Swiss artists in Munich. Steffan’s paintings
-
Post Munich School_Hans Purrmann
Posted on
Hans Marsilius Purrmann _April 10, 1880_April 17, 1966_After studying with Franz von Stuck at the Munich Academy Hans moved to Paris where he became a friend and student of Henri Matisse whom he set up a painting school with. Typical of Purrmann’s style are colourful, sensitively painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits.
-
Munich school_Franz von stuck
Posted on
Franz von Stuck_February 23, 1863_August 30, 1928_was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Born at Tettenweis near Passau, Franz displayed an affinity for drawing early on. He attended the Munich Academy from 1881 to 1885, and in 1895, he began teaching painting at the Academy as a Royal Professor. He was well respected among young artists as
-
MUNICH SCHOOL_DIXIE SHELDON
Posted on
Dixie Selden_February 28, 1868_November 15, 1935. Dixie studied with Frank Duveneck, who was a mentor and significant influence, and William Merritt Chase, who introduced her to Impressionism. Selden painted portraits of Americans and made genre paintings, landscapes, and seascapes from her travels within the country and to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico. She helped found
-
Munich school_hugo Kauffmann
Posted on
Hugo Wilhelm Kauffmann_7 August 1844_30 December 1915 Munich School German Painter. He obviously liked to hang out in taverns and certainly seemed to have been influenced by the Dutch Genre Painters notably Franz Hals. Kauffmann is known mainly for his folksy genre paintings, often set in taverns. Once again these paintings were not highly thought of
-
MUNICH SCHOOL_ VOLTZ&BRAITH
Posted on
A Prominent member of the 19thc Munich School Painters, Johann Friedrich Voltz, Born 31 October 1817 Died 25 June 1886. In 1834, he entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. While in Munich, Fritz studied the Dutch Masters at the Alte Pinakothek. Works by Carl Spizweg, and Eduard Schleich, caught his attention. After seeing the
-
MUNICH SCHOOL_WILHELM VON DIEZ
Posted on
Albrecht Christoph Wilhelm von Diez Born 17 January 1839, Bayreut_ Died 25 February 1907, Munich. Wilhelm was a vital member of the Munich School Painters in the 19thc. In 1855, he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich for a short time under Karl von Piloty. He was mostly self-taught, which helps to explain