Ernst Carl Friedrich te Peerdt - Artist Info

About Ernst Carl Friedrich te Peerdt

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    Ernst Carl Friedrich te Peerdt, born on 25 November, 1852 in Tecklenburg, is considered a pioneer of Impressionism and plein-air painting in Germany. He created naturalistic genre scenes and painted landscapes and still lifes. He wa

    Te Peerdt studied art under Eduard Bendemann in Düsseldorf in 1868. During his studies in Munich under Karl von Piloty and Wilhelm von Diez that immediately followed, his Hungarian-Slovakian painter colleague Pál Szinyei Merse made him acquainted with French Impressionism.

    Te Peerdt was taught by Ludwig Knaus in Berlin. He travelled around Italy for several years, settled in Munich in 1884, later moving to Düsseldorf in 1893. He did not achieve any success as an artist for a long time until he man...

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