Albert Richter (painter)
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Albert Richter (born July 29, 1845 in Dresden , † June 23, 1898 in Langebrück ) was a German landscape , animal and hunting painter. As an illustrator, he was best known for his work for Karl May .
Richter attended the Dresden Art Academy from 1863 to 1865 . In 1866 he went to Munich and later to Vienna, where he studied with Albert Zimmermann . From 1873 Richter undertook study trips to the Alps , the Puszta as well as to Tunis and Algiers . In 1877 he traveled to North America.
After 1878 he moved to the Villa Hubertus in Langebrück . In 1881 he traveled again to America, where he painted and hunted in the prairie. From 1893 he lived again in Langebrück near Dresden. After his death a memorial was erected to him in the Dresden Heath and a street in Dresden-Langebrück was named after him.
Works
Richter mainly painted landscapes with animals and depictions of hunting. He published many of his pictures in the magazines Die Gartenlaube and Daheim . At the Dresden watercolor exhibition of 1892 he showed the picture Bulgarian wagon. Chasing five-horse team .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich von Boetticher : Painters Works of the Nineteenth Century: Contribution to Art History, 1898, p. 405
Web links
- Albert Richter in the Karl May Wiki
- Albert Richter in the Stadtwiki Dresden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1898 |
| Place of death | Langebrück |