Art, literature & historyAndreas Achenbach
1815–1910
Selected artwork
A Windy Day
1870
Walters Art Museum
Other names (15)
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Biography
Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815 – 1 April 1910) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School. His brother, Oswald, was also a well known landscape painter. Together, based on their initials, they were known as the "Alpha and Omega" of landscape painters.
Achenbach's father Hermann (1783–1849) was a merchant by trade but worked a number of professions. In 1816, he became the manager of a metal factory in Mannheim. Two years later, Achenbach's family moved to Saint Petersburg where his father wanted to set up a factory with the money that his mother had received as an inheritance. It was here that he took his first drawing lessons. The project failed and they returned to Rhine Province in 1823. Soon, his father had established a brewery in Düsseldorf, with an inn that was frequented by the local art community.
There, in 1827, Achenbach began his artistic education in earnest, attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied with Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow and Heinrich Christoph Kolbe.
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Influenced by
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schadoweditorial inference
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- Johann Wilhelm Schirmereditorial inference
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- Apollinary Goravskyeditorial inference
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- Oswald Achenbacheditorial inference
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- Alfred Wahlbergeditorial inference
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- Albert Bergeditorial inference
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- Oswald Achenbacheditorial inference
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- Hans Gudeeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Andreas Achenbach. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts2 recorded works
- Walters Art Museum2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Nationalmuseum1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work