Julius Friedrich Antonio Schrader (16 June 1815 in Berlin – 16 February 1900 in Groß-Lichterfelde) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Biography

He studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, then spent five years at the

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, where he became a student of Schadow. He spent two more years in Düsseldorf, and later traveled in Italy (1845–47),Schout by Nacht - Schrader
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and in the last country fell under the influence of the colorists

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and Édouard De Bièfve. In 1851 he became a professor at the Berlin Academy. Julius Schrader - Esther vor Ahasver

Works

* ''Surrender of Calais to Edward III'' (1847) * '' Frederick the Great after the

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'' (1849) * ''Death of Leonardo da Vinci'' (1851) * '' Milton and His Daughters'' (1855) * '' Cromwell at the Death-Bed of His Daughter'' (1859) In fresco he painted ''First Twelve Christian Monarchs'' in the Royal Chapel, and ''Consecration of the Church of Saint Sophia, Constantinople'' in the New Museum, Berlin. Among his portraits are those of Alexander von Humboldt and the historian Leopold von Ranke.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrader, Julius 1815 births 1900 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Düsseldorf school of painting