Heinrich Gogarten - Artist Info

About Heinrich Gogarten

Name variants

Henri Gegarten, Henri Gogarten, Heinrich Grogarten
  • Biography

    Heinrich Gogarten, also called Henri or Henry Gogarten, was born in Linz am Rhein in 1850. He attended the Dusseldorf Art Academy from 1864 to 1869, where he studied under the renowned painter Oswald Achenbach.

    After that, he lived for several years in Paris. Back in Germany he settled in Hamburg, a short time later he moved to Munich. There he joined an artists' colony Dachau.

    His works, mostly winter motifs, are characterized by an effective use of light. He held exhibitions, among others, in the Art Academy Dusseldorf and the Munich Glaspalast.

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