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Adolf Eberle (11 January 1843 – 24 January 1914) was a German painter who specialised in
genre painting, particularly of Bavarian and Tyrolean farmers and huntsmen.
Biography
![Adolf Eberle Eine erfolgreiche Jagd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Adolf_Eberle_Eine_erfolgreiche_Jagd.jpg)
Eberle was born in
Munich
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; his father, Robert Eberle, was also a painter.
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online
at Retrobibliothek . At the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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, he studied under
Karl von Piloty
Karl Theodor von Piloty (1 October 1826 – 21 July 1886) was a German painter, noted for his historical subjects, and recognised as the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany.
Life and work
Piloty was born in Munich. His fa ...
beginning in 1860.
['']Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie
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'' Volume 2 ''Brann – Einslin'', 2005 ed.,
, col.1
. He achieved success the following year with a painting called ''Pfändung der letzten Kuh'' (mortgaging the last cow), of which William Unger made an engraving.[
After spending some time depicting soldiers in the ]Thirty Years' War
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and the Seven Years' War
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, he returned to subjects from Bavarian and Tyrolean peasant life. At the 1879 international exposition in Munich, his ''Erster Rehbock'' (first stag) was well received.[ A painting of his with the translated title ''Childhood Fun'' was sold for $16,800 at ]Bonhams
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in San Francisco in 2007, and another with the translated title ''The Day's Bag'' for £7,500 at Christie's in London in 2012.
Eberle died in Munich in 1914.[ In 1952 Eberlestraße in the Solln neighbourhood of Munich was named after him.Eberlestraße]
Sollner-hefte.de .
Selected works
* ''Pfändung der letzten Kuh'' (1861) (Mortgaging the last cow)
* ''Erster Rehbock'' (1879) (First stag)
* ''Feldschule in Wallensteins Lager'' (field instruction in Wallenstein
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's camp)
* ''Die verunglückte Musikprobe'' (Music test gone wrong)
* ''Der Hochzeitstag'' (Wedding day)
* ''Nach der Taufe'' (After the baptism)
* ''Zitherunterricht'' (Zither lesson)
* ''Das Tischgebet'' (grace
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)
* ''Verspätetes Mittagessen des heimgekehrten Försters'' (forester's late lunch after returning home)
Paintings
File:Adolf Eberle Dackelfamilie.jpg, ''Die Dackelfamilie mit Jäger und Magd'' (Family of dachshunds with huntsman and girl)
File:Adolf Eberle - Füttern der Hunde.jpg, ''Füttern der Hunde'' (Feeding the dogs)
File:Adolf Eberle Die Naturkunde-Stunde.jpg, ''Die Naturkunde-Stunde'' (Nature study)
File:Adolf Eberle - The day's bag.jpg, ''The day's bag''
References
External links
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1843 births
1914 deaths
Artists from Munich
German genre painters
19th-century German painters
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
19th-century German male artists