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Oswald Achenbach

The Prussian painter Oswald Achenbach, born and deceased in Düsseldorf, devoted a significant part of his work to the Italian landscape, whose colourful views and play of light informed his painting. In 1835, he entered the elementary class at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts, where he continued his training until 1841; his brother Andreas also contributed to his education. In 1843, he travelled to Upper Bavaria and northern Tyrol. After a journey to northern Italy with Albert Flamm, Italian landscapes became the principal subjects of his paintings.

In the summer of 1850, he set off for Italy again, travelling via Nice, Genoa and Rome. During an Italian journey with the painter Albert Flamm, he made oil sketches en plein air: these prioritise colour, general forms and the relationships between light and shadow over detail. The sources note his interest in the Bay of Naples and the area around Rome, as well as the presence of small figures in many of his landscapes. Although trained at the Düsseldorf Academy, Achenbach was among the artists who criticised its academic conception of art.

He was a founding member of the Malkasten association, established on 11 August 1848, and remained connected to it throughout his life. From 1850, his paintings were exhibited at Eduard Schulte’s gallery in Düsseldorf. His works are held, among other institutions, in museums in Düsseldorf and Cologne, at the Kunsthallen in Kiel and Mannheim, at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.

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28documented results with prices

Lempertz · Schuler · Dobiaschofsky

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Schuler · Lot 3213

Waschbrunnen bei Marino in den Albaner Bergen

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Waschbrunnen bei Marino in den Albaner Bergen
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2024-03-20

Published result : 4200 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 5000–8000

Oswald Achenbach

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Works recorded at auction

Waschbrunnen bei Marino in den Albaner Bergen

Römische Straße im Abendlicht

Waschbrunnen bei Marino in den Albaner Bergen

Der Quirinalspalast in Rom

Landstraße bei Neapel mit Vesuv im Hintergrund

Sea storm on the coast

Rückkehr der Fischer im Golf von Neapel

Ansicht aus einer Bucht bei Neapel

Bergstadt in der Campagna

Mönch in der Campagna

Abends im Park der Villa Borghese mit Blick auf Sankt Peter

Rastende Landleute an der Via Appia beim Grabmal der Cecilia Metella

Bergstadt in der Campagna

Golf von Neapel

Straßenszene in Neapel mit Blick auf die Piazza del Mercato und das Castel Sant'Elmo

Sonnenuntergang in der Campagna

Blick auf Genzano di Roma am Lago di Nemi

Alpine Landschaft an einem See

Romansicht mit der Engelsburg und einem Angler am Tiberufer

Fontana di Trevi bei Nacht

Ölskizze einer südlichen Landschaft

Küstenlandschaft an der Bucht von Neapel

Campagnalandschaft bei aufziehendem Gewitter (Villa Gordiani an der Via Prenestina bei Rom)

Landschaft südlich von Neapel

Ansicht des Golfs von Neapel mit Vesuv bei Nacht

Der Tempel der Vesta in Tivoli

Blick auf die Bucht von Neapel

Alpenlandschaft bei Mondschein

"Jungfrau und Lauterbrunnental bei Mondschein".

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