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HANS VON BARTELS (1856– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 447 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARTELS (1856– )  , See also:German painter, was See also:born in See also:Hamburg, the son of Dr N . F . F. von See also:Bartels, a See also:Russian See also:government See also:official . He studied first under the marine painter R . Hardorff in Hamburg, then under C . See also:Schweitzer in See also:Dusseldorf and C . Oesterley in Hamburg, and finally at the See also:Berlin School of See also:Art . After travelling extensively, especially in See also:Italy, he settled in See also:Munich in 1885 and was appointed See also:professor of See also:painting in 1891 . An oil painter of See also:great See also:power, he is one of the leading German See also:water-See also:colour painters, mainly of See also:marines and scenes of fishing See also:life, painted with See also:rude vigour and a great display of technical skill . He excels in See also:storm scenes and in depicting the strong, healthy fishing-folk of the See also:northern coasts . He became an honorary member of leading See also:English, German, Dutch, Belgian and See also:Austrian art See also:societies . Among his See also:principal See also:works are:—" Sturmflut " (Berlin See also:Gallery); " Lonely See also:Beach " (Hungarian See also:National Gallery); " See also:Potato See also:Harvest—Riigen " (See also:Prague); " Storm—See also:Bornholm " (German See also:emperor's collection) ; and " Moonlight on the Zuyder Zee " (New Pinakothek; Munich) .

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