Arthur von Ramberg was an Austria

Austria

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n-born painter

Painting

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 who worked in Germany

Germany

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Biography

He studied art at Hanover

Hanover

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 and early made a tour in Italy

Italy

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, Hungary

Hungary

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 and Styria. In 1840, he attended the university at Prague

Prague

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, while at the same time uniting the pursuit of art with his other studies. In 1842, he became a pupil at the Art Academy of Dresden under Julius Hübner

Julius Hübner

Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner was a German historical painter of the Düsseldorf school. He was also known as a poet and the father of Emil Hübner, a distinguished classical scholar.- Life :...

, and among other early pictures produced his “Wedding of Dwarfs” after Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...

, and “The Emperor Henry I on His Hungarian Campaign.”

In 1850, he went to Munich and executed a series of genres illustrating the works of Schiller. In 1860, he was appointed professor to the Art School in Weimar

Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School

Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School was an art school set up by decree by Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on 1 October 1860. It existed until 1910. That year it was promoted to a Kunsthochschule as the Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Weimar...

, and six years later took a similar position in the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

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. His subsequent productions include “The Court of Frederick II in Palermo”; and, among his genres, most notable are his “Hermann and Dorothea

Hermann and Dorothea

Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll in hexameters, first published in 1782-84...

” after Goethe; and “Luise,” after the poem of Johann Heinrich Voss, which latter was much admired for its brilliancy in design and execution. He also frescoed the walls of Luther

Martin Luther

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's chamber at Wartburg

Wartburg

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; and for the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar

Saxe-Weimar

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illustrated the tale of the “King of the Frogs.”