Wilhelm Heinrich Schneider - Artist Info

About Wilhelm Heinrich Schneider

  • Biography

    Wilhelm Heinrich Schneider 1821 Neukirchen near Chemnitz - 1900 Dresden-Loschwitz Landscape painter. In 1841, at the age of 20, Schneider studied at the Dresden Academy of Art and attended Ludwig Richter's landscape studio from around 1843. He produced oil studies and paintings of nature from the Sebuzín region. After his studies at the academy, Schneider worked as a drawing teacher in boarding schools and private schools and also gave private lessons. One of his works "Friedhofskapelle" (Cemetery Chapel) from 1858 can be found in the Chemnitz Municipal Art Collections.

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