Artists

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  Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape $AU 229.16 ~ 1,135.30
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  Pool in the Riesengebirge $AU 240.48 ~ 904.02
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  Crossing the Elbe at Aussig $AU 243.84 ~ 1,435.91
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  The Watzman $AU 247.46 ~ 965.76

Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803 Dresden-1884 Loschwitz near Dresden) received his first art lessons from his father Carl August Richter, a copper engraver. In 1820-1821 the young painter traveled through France, and he received a grant to study in Italy from 1823 to 1826, where he had contact with Joseph Anton Koch and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. From 1826 to 1836 Richter worked as a teacher at the school of drawing at the Meissen porcelain factory. Afterward he taught at the Art Academy of Dresden until 1877; in 1841 he was appointed professor. During the mid-1830s Richter distanced himself from Italian motifs and turned to German subjects. He illustrated many popular folk writings, children's books, poems, fairy tales, songs and stories. Richter is considered to be the most popular artist of the German Biedermeier period. Significant works by the artist include Mount Watzmann 1826, Neue Pinakothek, Munich; Pilgrims' Rest, 1839, Kunshalle, Bremen; and Genevie in the Solitude of the Forest, 1841, Kunsthalle, Hamburg.