Andreas AchenbachGerman, 1815–1910May one see it?
Düsseldorf, Germany
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
c. 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