Albert Baur (7 July 1835,

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- 7 May 1906, Düsseldorf) was a German painter, illustrator and engraver, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. He is sometimes referred to as Albert Baur the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, , who was also an artist.

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He was born to a family of bankers and was originally sent to Bonn to study medicine. In 1854, against his parents' wishes, he quit medical school and enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied from 1855 to 1857. His primary instructors there were

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and

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. He also took private lessons from

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and . In 1860, he moved to Munich and spent two years as a student of Moritz von Schwind. In 1863, he married Marie Beuth (1841-1917) and they had four children. In 1864, he received a prize for his matte paintings of the

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at the in Elberfeld. This work was commissioned by the jurist, , the father of Baur's friend and school colleague,

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, whose influence prompted him to specialize in

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. One of his first major works depicted the body of

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being carried across the Alps to Germany. In 1872, he was named a Professor at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar, but his attendance was apparently rather sporadic as he took numerous study trips throughout Europe. He returned to Düsseldorf in 1876 and lived there for the rest of his life. Among the best known works from this later period are a series of "Nischenbilder" (niche paintings) for the (Town Hall), depicting the ''Love of Art'', ''Industriousness'', ''Desire for Knowledge'' (Wissensdrang) and ''Patriotism''. Later, he added a mural showing Düsseldorf being taken over by Brandenburg in 1609, following a royal succession dispute.''Unsere Bilder.''
In: ''Rhein und Düssel.'' Illustrierte Sonntagsbeilage zu den Düsseldorfer Neuesten Nachrichten, Nr. 1, vom 7. Januar 1906, S. 8.

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