Valentin Ruths - Artist Info

About Valentin Ruths

Name variants

Johann Valentin Georg Ruths
  • Biography from Kastern

    Landscape, marine and vedute painter and lithographer, Valentin Ruths went to the Munich Academy in 1846, but had to return to Hamburg as early as 1848 when the revolution broke out.

    In 1850, he had lessons with J. W. Schirmer in Düsseldorf and then stayed in Rome.

    The painter, who lived permanently in Hamburg from 1857, was one of the pioneers of German landscape painting and is represented in numerous museums
  • Biography from Kunsthaus Lempertz

    Valentin Ruths was a German artist born in Hamburg. He is best known for his large-scale depictions of the seasons, which he created for the Kunsthalle of Hamburg between 1882-84. Ruths also painted landscapes of his northern German homeland, Swiss mountain landscapes, and Italian motifs. One of his works is a view of the Campagna, which is bathed in the reddish light of dusk.

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