Biography of Andreas Achenbach -

Andreas Achenbach (September 29, 1815 - April 1,
1910) was a Germany|German landscape painter.

Born at Cassel, he began his art education in 1827
in DÃ¼sseldorf under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow at
the DÃ¼sseldorf Academy of Painting. In his early
work he followed the pseudo-idealism of the German
romantic school, but on removing to Munich in
1835, the stronger influence of Louis Gurlitt
turned his talent into new channels, and he became
the founder of the German realistic school.
Although his landscapes evince too much of his aim
at picture-making and lack personal temperament,
he is a master of technique, and is historically
important as a reformer. 

A number of his finest works are to be found at
the Berlin National Gallery, the New Pinakothek in
Munich, and the galleries at Dresden, Darmstadt,
Cologne, DÃ¼sseldorf, Leipzig and Hamburg.

He died in DÃ¼sseldorf.

His brother, Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905), was
also a painter.

==External links==
commonscat|Andreas Achenbach
*http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/a/Achenb
ach_Andreas/large/Achebach_Andreas_Fishing_Along_T
he_Shore.jpg Fishing Along the Shore (1900)
*http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/a/Achenb
ach_Andreas/large/Achenbach_Andreas_Hafeineinfahrt
_Bei_Rauher_See.jpg Return To Harbour In Rough
Seas (1893)
*http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/a/Achenb
ach_Andreas/large/Achebach_Andreas_Bringing_In_The
_Catch.jpg Bring in the Catch (1852)
*http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/a/Achenb
ach_Andreas/large/Achenbach_Oswald_Don_Quixote_and
_Sancho_Panza.jpg Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
(1850)

1911

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