KARL

HESS (1801–1874)  , the third son of Karl Christoph Hess, born at Dusseldorf, was also taught by his father, who hoped that he would obtain distinction as an engraver . Karl, however, after engraving one plate after Adrian Ostade, turned to painting under the guidance of Wagenbauer of Munich, and then studied under his elder brother Peter . But historical composition proved to be as contrary to his taste as engraving, and he gave himself exclusively at last to illustrations of peasant life in the hill country of Bavaria . He became clever alike in representing the people, the animals and the landscape of the Alps, and with constant means of reference to nature in the neighbourhood of Reichenhall, where he at last resided, he never produced anything that was not impressed with the true stamp of a kindly realism . Some of his pictures in the museum of Munich will serve as examples of his manner . He died at Reichenhall on the 16th of November 1874 .