Western Art - Dusseldorf School of Painting - Where Art is a Tradition

Dusseldorf School of Paintingpropagated all kinds of painting, from genre to still
In 1762, Lambert Krahe started thelife, to portraits, to landscapes.
Düsseldorf School of Painting, Germany,In 1827, German Landscape Painters Carl Friedrich
today better known as the DüsseldorfLessing (1808-80) and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
State Art Academy, as a drawing school. In 1773,(1807-63) formed the Society of Landscape
Elector Palatine Carl Theodore (1742-77) renamedComposers. Schirmer helped introduce special
it as the Electoral College of Painting, Sculpturetraining classes for Landscape Painting. Students
and Architecture. In 1819, the Prussianwere encouraged to capture the various aspects
Government named the school as the Royal Artsof nature, using the 'Plein Air' method (which
Academy of Düsseldorf. German paintermeans painting out in the open). Lessing, along
Peter von Cornelius (1784-1867) was the firstwith other contemporaries, like Ferdinand
director of the Düsseldorf School.Theodore Hildebrandt (1804-74) and Karl Wilhelm
The EvolutionHübner (1814-79), were known to produce
By mid 19th century, the Düsseldorf Schoolstaged theatrical paintings with political undertones.
of Painting established as one of the mostLessing's 'Hussite Sermon' (1836) is a milestone in
commendable places to study art, a position thethe type. Though the Düsseldorf School was
Dresden Academy held earlier. This can be hugelya part of the German Romantic Movement, with
accredited to the efforts of German Romantictime however, it evolved from Romantic-Poetic
Painter Wilhelm von Schadow (1788-1862), whostyles to the Neoclassicist ones. By the end of
became the director of the Academy in 1826. Hethe 19th century, the Düsseldorf School of
attracted a large number of students andPainting boasted of astounding 4000 artist alumni
colleagues to the institution. Schadow developed athat came from different parts of the world,
unique instruction programme and emphasized onmaking it one of the leading German sites for
creating naturalistic paintings. The academylearning art.