Oswald Achenbach
German artist (1827-1905) · Artists · Died at 77
Oswald Achenbach was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. During his lifetime, he was counted among the most important landscape painters of Europe. Through his teaching activities, he influenced the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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Oswald Achenbach by G. & A. Overbeck (firm), c. 1868
Andreas Achenbach. The Academy Courtyard (The Old Academy in Düsseldorf), 1831, depicts the academy shortly before Oswald began studying there. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.
Study from Upper Italy, 1845, oil on paper mounted on cardboard. This study was made during Achenbach's 1845 trip to Northern Italy.
Morning, 1854. Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.
Klostergarten (Garden in a Monastery) 1857, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Gregor von Bochmann, The Launching of a Fishing Boat in Holland, 1888
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher. Lerdal Soeren Fjord, Norway, 1908Awards
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His brother, Andreas Achenbach, who was twelve years older, was also among the most important German landscape painters of the 19th century. The two brothers were humorously called "the A and O of Landscapes".
