Adolph Northen (also credited as Adolf Northen, Adolf Northern or Adolph Northern) (6 November 1828 – 28 May 1876) was a German painter. He was born in Münden,

Kingdom of Hanover The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Han ...

and was a member of

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 (now the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State Art Academy) during the 1830s and 1840s, when the A ...

.Champlin p. 353 Chiefly depicting battle scenes and particularly events of the

Napoleonic War The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

s, Northen's most noted works include *''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia'' which depicts the failure of the 1812 invasion of Russia by

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

*''Prussian Attack at Plancenoit'', showing the Prussian divisions of Hiller, Ryssel and Tippelskirch defeating the French Imperial Young Guard, 1st Battalions of the 2nd Grenadiers and 2nd Chasseurs at the

Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armie ...

.Battle of Waterlo
Prussian Army Artwork
retrieved 6 July 2007 Northern died in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

aged 48.

Works

File:Prussian Attack Plancenoit by Adolf Northern.jpg, ''Prussian Attack at

Plancenoit Plancenoit (; wa, Planchenois) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Lasne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The hamlet of Marache is on its territory. The village was a key strategic point during the ...

'', 1863 File:Zigeunerkarawane Düsseldorf by Adolf Northen.jpg, ''Gypsy Caravan'' File:Napoleons retreat from moscow.jpg, ''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia''

References

Printed sources: * Champlin, John Denison ''Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings'', 2005 * Krafft, Eva Maria ''Katalog der Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Hamburger Kunsthalle'', 1969 Websites: * Artne
''Adolf Northen''
retrieved 6 July 2007

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Northen, Adolph 19th-century German painters German male painters 1828 births 1876 deaths People from Hann. Münden 19th-century German male artists Düsseldorf school of painting