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Martin Gensler (Hamburg 1811 - Hamburg 1881) - Artist


Landscape and figure painter from a Hamburg artist's family. He was taught painting by J. Rachau and by his brothers Johann Jakob and Günther G., maybe he also studied at the Munich a. Düsseldorf academies. As early as 1830 he exhibited at the Berlin academy. After large parts of Hamburg burnt down in 1842 the Senate commissioned him to conservate the historical remnants and he thus became a pioneer of monument preservation. G. was also involved with the founding of the museum for the history of Hamburg as well as the arts and crafts museum. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Erfurt, Lüneburg, Washington a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker.


From past auctions

Martin Gensler (Hamburg 1811 - Hamburg 1881)

Idyll by the Well

Proceeds : 4.000 €

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Catalog: November 2013 Norddeutsche Kunst (11/2013)

Martin Gensler (Hamburg 1811 - Hamburg 1881)

Kitchen Scene

Proceeds : 1.400 €

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Catalog: 16 February 2019: North German Art (02/2019)

Martin Gensler (Hamburg 1811 - Hamburg 1881)

Staircase

Proceeds : 400 €

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Catalog: 22 February 2020: North German Art (02/2020)

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