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ANDREAS See also:ACHENBACH (1815— ) , See also:German landscape painter, was See also:born at See also:Cassel in 1815 . He began his See also:art See also:education in 1827 in See also:Dusseldorf under W . See also:Schadow and at the See also:academy . In his See also:early See also:work he followed the pseudo-See also:idealism of the German romantic school, but on removing to See also:Munich in 1835, the stronger See also:influence of L . Gurlitt turned his See also: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 See also:personal temperament, he is a See also:master of technique, and is historically important as a reformer . A number of his finest See also:works are to be found at the See also:Berlin See also:National See also:Gallery, the New Pinakothek in Munich, and the galleries at See also:Dresden, See also:Darmstadt; See also:Cologne, Dusseldorf, See also:Leipzig and See also:Hamburg . His See also:brother, See also:OSWALD See also:ACHENBACH (1827-1905), was born at Dusseldorf and received his art education from Andreas . His landscapes generally dwell on the See also:rich and glowing effects of See also:colour which See also:drew him to the See also:Bay of See also:Naples and the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of See also:Rome . He is represented at most of the important German galleries of See also:modern art . |
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