Hans von Bartels, German painter, was born in Hamburg, the son of Dr N. F. F. von Bartels, a Russian government official. He studied first under the marine painter R. Hardorff in Hamburg, then under C. Schweitzer in Düsseldorf and Carl Oesterley in Hamburg, and finally at the Berlin School of Art. After travelling extensively, especially in Italy, he settled in Munich in 1885 and was appointed professor of painting in 1891. He died in Munich.

Bartels is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Although an oil painter of great power, he is also one of the leading German water-colour painters, mainly of marines and scenes of fishing life, painted with rude vigour and a great display of technical skill. Bartels made a great contribution to the development of the watercolour. He was the first to use watercolour paint of large formats without the earlier conventions. From 1887 Von Bartels came every summer to the Dutch coast, especially to Katwijk aan Zee, to paint the fisherfolk and their labour. He excels in storm scenes and in depicting the strong, healthy fishing-folk of the northern coasts. He became an honorary member of leading English, German, Dutch, Belgian and Austrian art societies. Among his principal works are:

• "Lonely Beach"
• "Potato Harvest—Rügen"
• "Storm—Bornholm"
• "Moonlight on the Zuyder Zee"

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Hans von Bartels (December 25, 1856 - October 5, 1913)

A German painter of mainly marines and scenes of fishing life, he was born in Hamburg, the son of Dr N. F. F. von Bartels, a Russian government official. Bartels studied first under the marine painter R. Hardorff in Hamburg, then under C. Schweitzer in Düsseldorf and Carl Oesterley in Hamburg, and finally at the Berlin School of Art. After traveling extensively, especially in Italy, he settled in Munich in 1885 and was appointed professor of painting in 1891.

Although an oil painter of great power, he is also one of the leading German watercolor painters. He was the first to use watercolour paint of large formats without the earlier conventions. From 1887 on, Von Bartels came every summer to the Dutch coast, especially to Katwijk aan Zee, to paint the fisherfolk and their labor.

He became an honorary member of leading English, German, Dutch, Belgian and Austrian art societies.

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Hans von Bartels was born in Hamburg in 1856 and received his first artistic training from the marine painter Rudolf Hardoff. He then moved to the Düsseldorf, where he attended the Art Academy. In Hamburg his teachers were Adolf Gustav Schweitzer and Carl Oesterley II.

His frequent travels led him to the North and Baltic Seas, as well as to Italy, France, Belgium, England and Holland. In 1885 he settled in Munich, where he specialized in oil painting, as well as in watercolor and gouache. In 1892 he was appointed professor of the Munich Art Academy and one year later he became a member of the Academy in Berlin. Besides, von Bartels was also an honorary member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in London, since 1896.

His artistic main subjects include marine paintings and atmospheric landscapes, as well as interiors and genre scenes. His effort in establishing watercolor and gouache as an equivalent artistic expression in addition to oil is considered as his main artistic merit. Today, examples of his output can be found, for instance, in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Hans von Bartels died in 1913.

The Hamburg artist, Hans von Bartels, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and was appointed professor of painting in Munich in 1891. He was a member of the 'Hamburg Artists' Association of 1932'. Von Bartels frequently worked in Katwijk, Netherlands, where his works focused on the sea and the lives of fishermen.