Torrent in the Woods

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29. september 1815
Born
1818
Family moves to Saint Petersburg
Two years later the family moves to Saint Petersburg: his father wants to set up a factory there with money his mother received as an inheritance. It is here that Andreas takes his first drawing lessons. Other accounts say he came to Saint Petersburg with his father only in 1828.
1823–1836 · Virkested
Düsseldorf
1827
Takes up his studies in earnest in Düsseldorf
He begins his artistic education in earnest at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, studying with Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow and Heinrich Christoph Kolbe. Other accounts say he moved to Düsseldorf only after two years of study at the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, which he entered in 1832 and where he was considered a mediocre student.
1831
Takes part in an exhibition and sells a painting
At only sixteen he takes part in a local exhibition and sells one painting.
1836
Success at the Cologne exhibition
He achieves success at an exhibition in Cologne, where one of his paintings is bought by Prince Frederick, Governor of the Rhine Province.