Oswald Achenbach was a 19th Century German landscape painter who found his greatest inspiration in italy, in particular in the area around the Bay of Naples, with it’s dramatic vistas of Mt. Vesuvius, and Rome and its environs.
He found drama in landscapes and cities of Southern Italy as well as the daily lives the played out against them both.
Achenback was the brother of Andreas Achenback, who was also a noted landscape painter.
Oswald Achenbach studied at the Dusseldorf Art Academy and later returned there to teach. His students included Themistocles von Eckenbrecher.
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Crocker Art Museum
Bio on Wikipedia
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Excellent painter, with an eye for drama (unlike, say, Unterberger, who was also good landscape/cityscape painter but less inclined to use strong chiaroscuro.)
Enjoy observing the tension between shadow and light in these paintings…Thanks.
a very similar style to David Roberts who traveled throughout the holy land and egypt in the 1840’s painting the landscape and peoples of the time.
Extraordinary work I am glad to have found this blog the amount of resources is unbelievable, where did you find the time? lol
The Achenbach’s were distant family relatives and their works of art continue to astound me.