Arthur von Ramberg (4 September 1819 – 5 February 1875) was an

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who worked in

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Biography

He was born in

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. He studied art at

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and early made a tour in

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and

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. In 1840, he attended the university at

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, while at the same time uniting the pursuit of art with his other studies. In 1842, he became a pupil at the Art Academy of Dresden under

Julius Hübner Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner (27 January 1806 – 7 November 1882) was a German historical painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. He was also known as a poet and the father of Emil Hübner, a distinguished classical scholar. Lif ...

, and among other early pictures produced his “Wedding of Dwarfs” after

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

, and “The Emperor Henry I on His Hungarian Campaign.” In 1850, he went to Munich and executed a series of genres illustrating the works of Schiller. In 1860, he was appointed professor to the Art School in Weimar, and six years later took a similar position in the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

. His subsequent productions include “The Court of Frederick II in Palermo”; and, among his genres, most notable are his “

Hermann and Dorothea ''Hermann and Dorothea'' is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's ''Luise'', an idyll in hexameters, which was first published i ...

” after Goethe; and “Luise,” after the poem of

Johann Heinrich Voss Johann Heinrich Voss (german: Johann Heinrich Voß, ; 20 February 1751 – 29 March 1826) was a Germans, German classicist and poet, known mostly for his translation of Homer's ''Odyssey'' (1781) and ''Iliad'' (1793) into German language, German ...

, which latter was much admired for its brilliancy in design and execution. He also frescoed the walls of

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's chamber at

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; and for the Grand Duchess of

Saxe-Weimar Saxe-Weimar (german: Sachsen-Weimar) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant bra ...

illustrated the tale of the “King of the Frogs.” He died in Munich in 1875. File:Arthur Georg von Ramberg - Rendevous.jpg, ''Rendevous'', 1870 File:Arthur Georg von Ramberg - The Court of Emperor Frederick II in Palermo - WGA18987.jpg, ''The Court of in Palermo'', 1865

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramberg, Arthur Von 1819 births 1875 deaths 19th-century German painters German male painters Austrian emigrants to Germany Academy of Fine Arts, Munich faculty 19th-century German male artists