Adolf Des Coudres (2 June 1862,

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

- 21 September 1924,

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) was a German landscape painter.

Biography

The Des Coudres family originated in Switzerland. His father was

Ludwig des Coudres Ludwig des Coudres (10 May 1820, Kassel - 23 December 1878, Karlsruhe) was a German history and portrait painter. He also served as a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. His son, Adolf Des Coudres, was a well-known landscape pai ...

, a painter and Professor at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe () is an art school located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The Academy was founded in 1854 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, with the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer as ...

.Angelika Mundorff: ''Adolf Des Coudres (1862-1924). Akademischer Maler und Familienmensch''
In: Angelika Mundorff, Eva von Seckendorff (Eds.): ''Selma und Adolf Des Coudres. Ein ungleiches Künstlerpaar.'' Exhibition catalog, Museum Fürstenfeldbruck, 2014 . Despite this, he did not support his son's desire to become a painter. It was only after his father's death in 1878 that he was able to begin his studies.Letter from Selma to Hans Peter Des Coudres, 5 April 1955, Private collection. In 1881, he enrolled at the Academy, where he studied with Gustav Schönleber, who had a profound influence on his style. He remained there until 1890, making several stays at artists' colonies; especially the one at Gutach. After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance painter until 1909, participating in exhibitions at

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and Munich, including several showings at the Glaspalast, as well as Karlsruhe. He also helped establish a private painting school for women. He often visited Holland; staying at the artists' colony in

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. In 1910, he moved to Fürstenfeldbruck, where he built a villa and studio for myself and his sister Luise. He participated in creating the first art exhibition there in 1914. His sister died the following year and, three years later, he left his villa to take an apartment in town. In 1921, he married the painter Selma Plawneek, who was twenty years his junior. The marriage was, however, short as he died in 1924.

References

Biography
@ the Des Coudres website

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1862 births 1924 deaths Artists from Karlsruhe German landscape painters 19th-century German painters German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub