Ferdinand Feldhütter

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Zellersee with Kitzsteinhorn

Ferdinand Feldhütter (born April 7, 1842 in Munich ; † December 8, 1898 there ) was a German landscape painter .

Initially active as a folk singer, Feldhütter was trained as a decoration and rouleau painter. He often visited the Munich museums and began to paint mountain landscapes as an autodidact . He then became a private student of the landscape painter Julius Lange ; he had no academic training. He mainly painted the mountains of Bavaria, Switzerland and Northern Italy.

The influence of Carl Spitzweg's landscape painting can be seen in his works . His "Part of Sachran bei Kufstein" was awarded a gold medal at the international exhibition in Barcelona in 1898.

He was a member of the Munich Art Association and took part in its exhibitions. His works also appeared in the gazebo and in the weekly Über Land und Meer .

Feldhütter also gave humorous lectures in Munich's artist bars.

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