Wilhelm von Kaulbach was a German painter, noted mainly as a muralist, but also as a book illustrator. His murals decorate buildings in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach—1864 photograph
Sketches for frescos in the New Pinakothek, 1850
Destruction of Jerusalem
Schmetterlinge (Butterflies), c. 1860 (destroyed in 1945)
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