Artist
Oswald Achenbach
Kingdom of Prussia, 1827–1905
Oswald Achenbach was a Kingdom of Prussia Plein Air artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Oswald Achenbach was born in Düsseldorf.
Oswald Achenbach (German:; 2 February 1827 – 1 February 1905) was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. During his lifetime, he was counted among the most important landscape painters of Europe. Through his teaching activities, he influenced the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
His brother, Andreas Achenbach, who was twelve years older, was also among the most important German landscape painters of the 19th century. The two brothers were humorously called "the A and O of Landscapes" (a reference to their initials matching a common German reference to the Alpha and Omega).
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