Born in what is now Oslo, he trained in Düsseldorf, Germany, and painted faithful and highly detailed landscapes, mainly in his native country.
Düsseldorf
A prolific painter of everything from landscapes to mythology, he trained in Karlsruhe, travelled widely, but struggled to establish his art in the years to 1885.
A teacher then Director of the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, he also painted narratives. Since his death a century ago, he and his paintings have been forgotten.
More sinister and ‘Gothic’ landscapes from one of the leaders of the Düsseldorf School, and last of the German Romantics.
Superb, finely detailed views of Australia and New Zealand from its foremost landscape painter of the late 19th century.
An Austrian who trained at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, joined a gold rush in Australia, then painted the continent’s landscapes.
Wonderful ‘Gothic’ Romantic paintings of remoteness, religion, and rugged landscape from Germany in the 19th century. A very influential painter indeed.
Co-founder of the highly influential Düsseldorf School, he was influenced by Caspar David Friedrich, and Gothic Romantic fiction.
Several Finnish painters assumed impressionist style, although in the case of Gallen-Kallela it was a step on his road to Expressionism.
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