Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Oesterley (22 June 1805 – 29 March 1891) was a German painter and

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. He is remembered largely for creating oil paintings with Biblical themes.

Biography

He was a native of Göttingen, and studied archaeology,

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and history at the University of Göttingen, where in 1824 he earned his doctorate in the field of art history. Subsequently he studied drawing in Dresden, where he was a student of Johann Gottlob Matthäi (1753–1832). He then spent several years in Rome (1824–29). In 1831, he became a professor of art history at Göttingen, where he collaborated with

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(1797-1840) on the treatise ''Denkmäler der alten Kunst'' (Monuments of Ancient Art). During this time period, he extended his artistic studies in Düsseldorf (1835–38 under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow), Munich (where he studied the frescoes of Peter von Cornelius) and Paris (1842). In 1842, Oesterley became a full professor of art, and in 1844, after finishing the painting ''Christus and Ahasuerus'', he was appointed court painter of the Kingdom of Hanover. Beginning in 1852 he produced numerous altarpieces and other works of art for the church in

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, in Molzen near the town of Uelzen, and also in Bad Iburg.

Selected paintings

* ''Die Tochter Jephthas'', (The Daughter of Jephtha), (1836) * ''Die Himmelfahrt Christi, Fresko der Schlosskirche in Hannover'', (The Ascension of Christ, Fresco of the Schlosskirche in Hanover), (1838) * ''Christus, die Kinder segnend'', (Christ blessing the Children), (1841) * ''Szene aus Bürgers Lenore'', (Scene from Bürger's " Lenore") * ''Dornröschen'', ( Sleeping Beauty), (1861) * ''Christus als Erlöser, ehemaliges Altarbild für die Evangelisch-lutherische Schlosskirche in Bad Iburg als Geschenk von König Georg V.'' (Christ the Redeemer, a former altarpiece for the Evangelical Lutheran Castle Church in Bad Iburg as a gift of

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Family

He was the father of landscape painter

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References

* ''Thieme-Becker'', 1931, vol. 25, p. 574. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oesterley, Carl 1805 births 1891 deaths Artists from Göttingen 19th-century German painters German male painters German art historians Academic staff of the University of Göttingen University of Göttingen alumni Court painters German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German male artists