Wilhelm Lindenschmit (the Younger) (June 20, 1829 – June 8, 1895) was a German

history painter History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...

who was a native of

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. He was the son of painter

Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder Wilhelm Lindenschmit (the Elder) (March 9, 1806 – March 12, 1848) was a German history painter born in Mainz. He was an older brother to prehistorian Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809–1893), and father to history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Yo ...

(1806–1848).

Biography

He studied art in

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with his uncle, Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809–1893), and afterwards studied at the Academy of Munich, at the

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Institute in

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, in

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, and later in

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, where he created ''Ernte'' (''Herzog Alba bei der Gräfin von Rudolstadt'' (

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with the Countess of

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). These two paintings are now housed at the

Kunsthalle Hamburg The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. The museum consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869 (main building), 1921 (Kuppelsaa ...

. From 1853 to 1863 he painted in Frankfurt, later relocating to Munich, where he eventually became a professor to the Academy (1875). During this period of time, he created paintings from the age of the

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as well as works on other subjects from roughly the same time frame. * ''Stiftung des Jesuitenordens'' (Institution of the Order of

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), 1868. * ''Ulrich von Hutten im Kampf mit französischen Adligen'' ( Ulrich von Hütten fighting French nobles), 1869.The New International Encyclopaedia
(biography) * '' Luther und Kardinal Cajetan in Augsburg'' (

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and

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). * ''Der junge Luther bei Andreas Proles'' (The young Luther with Andreas Proles), 1869. * ''Knox und die schottischen Bilderstürmer'' (

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and the Scottish iconoclast). * ''Die Ermordung Wilhelms von Oranien'' (The assassination of William of Orange), 1872. * ''Sir Walter Raleigh im Tower von Verwandten besucht'' (

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in the

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visited by relatives), 1873.Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 12
edited by Hermann Julius Meyer 275px, The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in Rome Beginning in the mid-1870s, Lindenschmit's works gradually became more luminous in color, being associated with the modern Munich school of painting. A few of these paintings include: * ''Narziß'' (

Narcissus Narcissus may refer to: Biology * ''Narcissus'' (plant), a genus containing daffodils and others People * Narcissus (mythology), Greek mythological character * Narcissus (wrestler) (2nd century), assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus * Tiberiu ...

). * ''Einzug Alarichs in Rom'' (Entry of Alaric into Rome). * ''Venus an der Leiche des Adonis'' (

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by the body of

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); on display at the

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in Munich.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindenschmit, Wilhelm (the Younger) 1829 births 1895 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Artists from Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni