Albert Henrich - Artist Info

About Albert Henrich

Name variants

Albert Heinrich
  • Biography

    Albert Henrich pursued his artist's career within the realist movements that spread across Germany in the 1920s and 1930s and his painting belongs to the so-called Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). He chiefly embraced landscapes and portraits, genres cultivated by the seventeenth-century Dutch painters, whose interest in technical perfection he also adopted.

    Henrich was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he spent most of his life and played an
    important role on the art scene. He trained at the city's Kunstakademie under SellerManchen, Spatz and Ederer. He was conscripted by the army when the First World War erupted.

    Henrich had already made a name for himself by the time he received the Albrecht Dürer prize awarded by ...

    But wait, there's more...

    Displaying 1,682 of 1,666 characters.

    Subscriber Members, please Sign In for full artist biographies and all services.

    For non-paying users, good news! Full text bios for all artists are available every Friday.

    If you are not currently a member, please See Details about membership.

** If you discover credit omissions or have additional information to add, please let us know at .

Share an image of the Artist: .