Creek
Carl Friedrich Lessing (Breslau 1808 - Karlsruhe 1880)
Lot-No. 514
Oil/canvas. 23,5 x 29 cm. On the stretcher inscribed Lessing fecit 1826. Min. retouchings. Relined. - German landscape and history painter, one of the main representatives of Romanticism and Realism.L. began studying architecture in Berlin in 1822, but soon turned to painting.At the instigation of W. von Schadow, he moved to the Düsseldorf Academy in 1826.In 1858 he accepted the position as director of the Karlsruhe Academy.Early on, L. was one of the leading figures in history painting, and his paintings were also perceived as political statements for the Vormärz cause.Starting from a late Romantic concept, he helped realism make a breakthrough in landscape painting. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Frankfurt (Städel), New York, London a. others. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.
Carl Friedrich Lessing: Creek
Carl Friedrich Lessing (Breslau 1808 - Karlsruhe 1880)
Creek
Lot-No. 514
Oil/canvas. 23,5 x 29 cm. On the stretcher inscribed Lessing fecit 1826. Min. retouchings. Relined. - German landscape and history painter, one of the main representatives of Romanticism and Realism.L. began studying architecture in Berlin in 1822, but soon turned to painting.At the instigation of W. von Schadow, he moved to the Düsseldorf Academy in 1826.In 1858 he accepted the position as director of the Karlsruhe Academy.Early on, L. was one of the leading figures in history painting, and his paintings were also perceived as political statements for the Vormärz cause.Starting from a late Romantic concept, he helped realism make a breakthrough in landscape painting. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Frankfurt (Städel), New York, London a. others. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.
