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Karl Friedrich Lessing

Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808 - 1880) was active/lived in Germany.  Karl Lessing is known for Academic style history and landscape painting, teaching.

Karl Friedrich Lessing (February 15, 1808 - January 4, 1880) was a German historical and landscape painter,  and grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.  He was born near Breslau, and was a pupil of Heinrich Anton Dähling at the Berlin Academy.

He first devoted himself to landscape, and in 1826 obtained a prize with his painting, Cemetery in Ruins.  He accompanied Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow to Düsseldorf, where he continued his studies, devoting himself to historical paintings.  In 1830, when Schadow went to Italy, Lessing occupied his place as director of the Academy, exercising great influence on the Düsseldorf school.

His picture Das trauernde Königspaar (Mourning Royal Couple) brought him great popularity. In 1837, he received a gold medal at Paris; he was a member of the Berlin Academy and was the recipient of several orders.  In 1858 he was appointed director of the gallery at Karlsruhe, where he continued his activity as a p   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1031 characters.]  Artist bio

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