Ferdinand Brutt - Artist Info

About Ferdinand Brutt

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    The Hamburg born artist Ferdinand Brütt began his studies at Weimar Kunstschule in 1870. His teachers included the narrative painter Ferdinand Pauwels, who also taught Max Liebermann, as well as Albert Baur. Brütt worked in Düsseldorf for 22 years, before moving to Kronberg in Taunus, where he developed a looser, Impressionist style.

    Ferdinand Brütt spent the new year period of 1889/1890 with his family on the island of Capri and a nocturne, the whereabouts of which were previously unknown to researchers, was almost certainly painted during this stay. Brütt has depicted a decorative fountain in quick, broad strokes of blue and purple, perfectly capturing the atmosphere of the Italian villa g...

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