Carl Johann Lasch (July 1, 1822 in

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– August 28, 1888 in

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) was a

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artist of historical paintings. He was born in

. He attended the

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. One of his teachers was Eduard Bendemann. He later attended the

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. There he studied under

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and

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Gallery

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'' (1866)

Selected works

* ''Apothéose de Henri IV'', 1858, Kopie nach Peter Paul Rubens (Paris, AMN c) * ''Portrait de jeune Femme'', Verbleib unbekannt (Salon 1859, Nr. 497) * ''Le Tannhaeuser'', Verbleib unbekannt (ebd., Nr. 496; Boetticher) * ''Tintoretto und seine Tochter'', Verbleib unbekannt (Boetticher). * ''Kinderlust'' (1862, Dresdener Galerie) * ''Bei der jungen Witwe'' (gestochen von Vogel) * ''Heimkehr von der Kirchweih'' * ''Der Dorfarzt in Verlegenheit'' * ''Hinter der Mühle'' * ''Des alten Schullehrers Geburtstag'' (1866, Nationalgalerie in Berlin) * ''Die Verhaftung'' (1872); * ''Verwaist'' (1874) * ''Singende Mädchen am Waldessaum'' (1875) * ''Schloss Mühlenthal'' (1875) * ''David und Jonathan'' (Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf) * ''Schwäbisches Hochzeitsmal'' (Stiftung Sammlung Vollmer) * ''Baronin von Knoop'' (Stiftung Sammlung Vollmer) * '' Baron von Knoop'' (Stiftung Sammlung Vollmer)Porträt des Baron von Knoop, 1878
/ref> * ''Gustav Bunge'' (1872) * '' August Bolten'' (1883) * '' Adolph Godeffroy'' (1882)

Literature

* Eva Knels: ''Lasch, Carl Johann'' In: Savoy, Bénédicte und Nerlich, France (Hrsg.): ''Pariser Lehrjahre. Ein Lexikon zur Ausbildung deutscher Maler in der französischen Hauptstadt. Band 2: 1844–1870.'' Berlin/Boston 2015.

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