Oswald Achenbach was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Though little known today, 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".
Portrait of Oswald Achenbach by Ludwig des Coudres, 1847
Oswald Achenbach by G. & A. Overbeck (firm), c. 1868
Andreas Achenbach. The Academy Courtyard (The Old Academy in Düsseldorf), 1831, depicts the Academy shortly before Oswald began studying there. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.
Study from Upper Italy, 1845, oil on paper mounted on cardboard. This study was made during Achenbach's 1845 trip to Northern Italy.
Düsseldorf School of painting
The Düsseldorf School of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Düsseldorf Academy roughly between 1819 and 1918, first directed by the painter Wilhelm von Schadow.
The old "Academie of Düsseldorf", Andreas Achenbach, 1831
Clearing Up—Coast of Sicily, Andreas Achenbach, 1847, The Walters Art Museum
Jolly Flatboatmen in Port, George Caleb Bingham, 1857
Tranquillity after the Storm, Erik Bodom, 1871
