Wilhelm von Kobell
1766-1853 Germany/Romanticism
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Brief Biography-Wilhelm von Kobell was born at Mannheim in 1766. His father, Ferdinand, was a landscape artist who originally tutored him. He subsequently studied in Düsseldorf and came under the influence of Philips Wouwerman. After visiting Rome, he was made court painter at Mannheim and, in 1808, became a professor at the Munich Academy. His later works were mainly of battle scenes with a strong Dutch influence and made several aquatint engravings after Jacob van Ruisdael, Nicolaes Berchem and other Dutch painters. Kobell died in Munich in 1855. |
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