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Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815 – 1 April 1910) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School . [ citation needed ] His brother, Oswald , was also a well known landscape painter.

Andreas Achenbach - North cemetery Andreas Achenbach became a student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy at the age of twelve. Four years later, he impressed the art world with a "View of the Old Academy Building".

Andreas Achenbach, landscape painter, a pioneer of the German realist school. He studied at the Dusseldorf academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer but emancipated himself from the contemporary school of landscapists that delighted in the representation of Romantic scenery.

In Dusseldorf he learned the secrets of realistic painting at the workshop of landscape painter Andreas Achenbach; under his supervision, he created several large paintings, including 'A Fair in Amsterdam', a pervasive work which symbolically summarized his pensioned trip.

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7:33PM September 15, 2023 Comments Once a contemporary art kingmaker, Helge Achenbach made one bad move that took him from a life of glamour to a prison cell for defrauding his clients of millions using fake invoices.

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