Emil Franz Adam (20 May 1843, in
Munich
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– 19 January 1924, in Munich) was a German equestrian
painter
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.
Life
Adam was the son of
animal painter
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The ''OED'' dates the first express use of the term "animal painter" to the mid-18th century: by English physician, naturalist and wri ...
Benno Adam. He initially intended to devote himself to science, but, carried away by the example of his grandfather, the equestrian painter
Albrecht Adam
Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786 – 28 August 1862) was a Bavarian painter, who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1812 Russian campaign. He was attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Thr ...
, he decided to be a painter. He studied painting under the guidance of his uncle, the painter
Franz Adam
Franz Adam (May 4, 1815 – September 30, 1886) was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy.
Life
Adam was born in Milan, Italy, to painter Albrecht Adam, a German who had spent the prior s ...
, and later under
Jean-François Portaels
Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts ...
in
Brussels
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. He became one of the last great masters in depicting horses, horse portraits and hunting scenes.
Adam married Josephine Marie, née Wurmb. They had two sons, the painter Richard Benno Adam (1873–1937) and the priest Ernst Adam (1884-1955).
Adam's work consisted primarily of
horse paintings, equestrian
portraits
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, and hunting scenes. He was invited, along with his father to Pardubice, Bohemia, in 1867, to paint the hunting club members portrait, a group of 60 people.
Gallery
File:Emil Adam St Galmier.jpg, St Galmier
File:Emil Adam A fenékpusztai ménes.jpg, The herd of Fenékpuszta
File:Sceptre by Emil Adam.jpg, Sceptre
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Antiquity
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
The ''Was'' and other ...
File:Emil Adam Mettalist 1885.jpg, Mettalist, 1885
File:Kincsem.jpg, Kincsem
Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...
, 1887
File:Emil Adam (1843-1924) - Persimmon - RCIN 402433 - Royal Collection.jpg, Persimmon
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, 1896 (in the Royal Collection
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)
See also
*
List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
Illustrations of works
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/adam-emil-18431924
External links
*
Entry for Emil Adamon the
Union List of Artist Names
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1843 births
1924 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
Equine artists
Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists
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