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Johann Heinrich Schilbach (28 September 1798,

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- 9 May 1851,

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) was a German landscape painter.

Life and work

He studied in Darmstadt with the landscape painter, Johann Georg Primavesi. In 1818, he took an extended study trip throughout Switzerland. His drawings and engravings from that trip were published in

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by , under the title ''Souvenirs Suisse''. A scholarship from the

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enabled him to study in Italy. In 1823, he and his friend, the painter Ernst Fries, went to Rome, where he made the acquaintance of Ludwig Richter. He and Richter hiked together through the

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and reached

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in 1825. Shortly after, he climbed

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, with a team consisting of Richter, Carl Götzloff, , and several other artists. Back in Rome, he became a sought-after painter of landscapes and

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. During his five years in Italy, he developed a free style that focused on nature. He returned to Germany with over 400 sheets of sketches, drawings and watercolors, many of which he later rendered in oil. in 1828, he became a

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, primarily for the theatre. He also took students, including August Weber and August Becker. Two years later, he married Philippine Catharina Cramer; daughter of the businessman, Johann Christoph Cramer. They had eight children. In 1833, he was one of the co-founders of the (artists' association). He also continued to travel, notably through the

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to Switzerland with

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. In 1843, he went to the

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and the

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by way of Munich. On his travels he created numerous studies in oil with daily notes.

Sources

* ''Johann Heinrich Schilbach (1798–1851). Der Traum vom Süden. Zeichnungen, Ölstudien und Gemälde''. Exhibition catalog,

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, 2000, *

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: ''Aquarelle und Zeichnungen der deutschen Romantik''. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne, 1992, pg.184, * * Bernd Krimmel, Elisabeth Krimmel, Thomas Reinheimer: ''Heinrich Schilbach, Studien nach der Natur'', Liebig, Darmstadt 1984.

External links

* * Florian Illies
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