Claudius Schraudolph the Younger (4 February 1843 - 4 January 1902) was a German painter and illustrator. He produced full-scale paintings, woodcut illustrations and decorative paintings. He is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his uncle

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

, also a painter.

Life

Born in Munich, he studied not only under his father

Johann Schraudolph Johann von Schraudolph (b. Oberstdorf im Allgäu, 1808; died 31 May 1879) was a German historical painter. His brother Matthias and his son Claudius were both also painters. As pupil and assistant of Heinrich Maria von Hess, he painted five sc ...

but also under

Hermann Anschütz Hermann Anschütz (12 October 1802 – 30 August 1880) was a German painter and professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Anschütz was born in Koblenz. His father J ...

and

Johann Georg Hiltensperger Johann Georg Hiltensperger (21 February 1806 - 13 June 1890) was a German history painter and a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Biography Born in Haldenwang, Oberallgäu, he was trained in drawing by L. Weiß before studying under ...

. He was a student assistant to the painters of Speyer Cathedral and initially specialised in religious paintings before switching to

genre painting Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

in 1866. He also served in the

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...

and Franco-Prussian War as an army Oberleutnant. He was director of the Royal Art School in Stuttgart from June 1883''…in jene Stellung berufen worden.''
In: '' Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung.'' 16 June 1883, S. 214. to 1894. He died in the St. Michael district of Eppan, South Tyrol, Italy in 1902.

Selected works

*''Girl at the Piano'' *''The Easter Walk from Goethe's Faust'' *''Quartet on a Venetian Terrace'' *''Dolce far niente''

Bibliography (in German)

* * (featured in the article on his father and teacher Johann Schraudolph) * (featured in the article on his uncle Claudius Schraudolph the Elder) * 'Claudius Schraudolph der Jüngere.' In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart.'' Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 30: ''Scheffel–Siemerding.'' E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1936, . * ''Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert.'' Vol. 4, 1983, .

References

External links

*
''Claudius Schraudolph der Jüngere''
in der Matrikeldatenbank der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München * * Oberstdorf-Online

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schraudolph the Younger, Claudius Artists from Munich 1843 births 1902 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German illustrators German male painters