Wilhelm Camphausen

Wilhelm Camphausen, (1818-June 16 1885), German painter, was born and died at Dusseldorf, and studied under Alfred Rethel and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. As an historical and battle painter he rapidly became popular, and in 1859 was made professor of painting at the Dusseldorf Academy, together with other later distinctions. His Flight of Tilly (1841), Prince Eugene at the Battle of Belgrade (1843; in the Cologne Museum), Flight of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester (Berlin National Gallery), Cromwell's Cavalry (Munich Pinakothek), are his principal earlier pictures; and his Frederick the Great at Potsdam, Frederick II and the Bayreuth Dragoons at Hohenfriedburg, and pictures of the Schleswig-Holstein campaign and the War of 1866 (notably Lines of Düppel after the Battle, at the Berlin National Gallery), made him famous in Germany as a representative of patriotic historical art. He also painted many portraits of German princes and celebrated soldiers and statesmen.

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1818 - June 16 - 1885 - Painter - Dusseldorf - Alfred Rethel - Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow - 1859 - Dusseldorf Academy - 1841 - Prince Eugene - Battle of Belgrade - 1843 - Charles II - Battle of Worcester - Cromwell - Munich Pinakothek - Frederick the Great - Potsdam - Frederick II - Bayreuth - Hohenfriedburg - Schleswig-Holstein - War of 1866 - Düppel - Berlin National Gallery - Historical art - Prince - Soldier - Statesmen

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