Karl Buchholz (23 February 1849,

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- 29 May 1889 in

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)Biographical notes
@ the Oxford Index. was a German landscape painter who worked in oils and watercolors. He also produced drawings and etchings. His output was rather small and his works are widely scattered.

Life and work

In 1867, he became a student at the

Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar The Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar (German:Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar) was founded on 1 October 1860, in Weimar, Germany, by a decree of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. It existed until 1910, when i ...

. His primary instructor there was the landscape painter,

Max Schmidt Max Schmidt (23 August 1818 – 8 January 1901) was a German landscape painter. Biography Schmidt was a native of Berlin, Province of Brandenburg. He studied in the Berlin Art Academy under Carl Joseph Begas and Wilhelm Schirmer. He was la ...

. From 1871, he was a Master Student of Professor Theodor Hagen at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, ...

. His instruction included the practice of painting en

plein aire ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...

, based on the teachings of the

Barbizon School The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name f ...

. He set up his own studio immediately after completing his studies. He preferred simple pictures, with barren areas or trivial items occupying the center of the canvas. Great attention was given to lighting effects for the appropriate time of day. Most of his works were painted in the area immediately around Weimar, although he also worked in the

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and

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Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Se ...

was especially attracted to his work and called him a genius. He committed suicide at the age of forty.

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