Andreas AchenbachGerman, 1815–1910Boslandschap met waterval
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Boslandschap met waterval” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1905-2465
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Andreas Achenbach
The whole lifec. 1836 – 1846
Ten years of study and wandering
For the next ten years he devotes himself to perfecting his craft and travels widely: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, southern and northern Germany, the Tyrol and Italy, producing many interesting works and painting portraits too. He often travels with his brother Oswald: both become regular visitors to Ostend, and from their initials they are known as the “Alpha and Omega” of landscape painters.
1843–1845 · Workplace
Rome
1846
Returns home for the family business
He returns home for the family business and that year takes over the brewery and inn; his father, though technically retired, becomes a freelance accountant.
1846 – 1 April 1910 · Workplace
Düsseldorf
1848
Marries Luise Lichtschlag
He marries Marie Louise Hubertine Catharine Lichtschlag (1827–1889), known as Luise. They have five children; the second, Maximilian, becomes an opera singer under the name Max Alvary.
1848
Order of Leopold
He is awarded the Order of Leopold.
