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1864 Bergneustadt, Germany - 1932 Munich, Germany. Known for: Portrait, genre, duck and still life painting.
Koester along with Heinrich von Zügel was one of the most important Impressionist animal painters from the Munich School. Originally pressured by his family to become a pharmacist, Koester abandoned... Read full biography
Koester along with Heinrich von Zügel was one of the most important Impressionist animal painters from the Munich School. Originally pressured by his family to become a pharmacist, Koester abandoned his studies and entered the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe. There he trained under some of the... Read full biography
Koester along with Heinrich von Zügel was one of the most important Impressionist animal painters from the Munich School. Originally pressured by his family to become a pharmacist, Koester abandoned his studies and entered the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe. There he trained under some of the more established painters in Germany such as Carl Hoff, Claus Meyer, Heinrich Von Zügel, and Leopold von Kalckreuth. Koester's main residence was in Munich, but he spent most of his time painting in... Read full biography
Koester along with Heinrich von Zügel was one of the most important Impressionist animal painters from the Munich School. Originally pressured by his family to become a pharmacist, Koester abandoned his studies and entered the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe. There he trained under some of the more established painters in Germany such as Carl Hoff, Claus Meyer, Heinrich Von Zügel, and Leopold von Kalckreuth. Koester's main residence was in Munich, but he spent most of his time painting in Klausen in the Tirol. His early pictures were genre scenes of Tyrolian folk life and landscapes, later specializing in painting ducks, which would establish his reputation. Koester attracted attention the moment he first exhibited a painting of ducks... Read full biography
Koester along with Heinrich von Zügel was one of the most important Impressionist animal painters from the Munich School. Originally pressured by his family to become a pharmacist, Koester abandoned his studies and entered the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe. There he trained under some of the more established painters in Germany such as Carl Hoff, Claus Meyer, Heinrich Von Zügel, and Leopold von Kalckreuth. Koester's main residence was in Munich, but he spent most of his time painting in Klausen in the Tirol. His early pictures were genre scenes of Tyrolian folk life and landscapes, later specializing in painting ducks, which would establish his reputation. Koester attracted attention the moment he first exhibited a painting of ducks in Berlin in 1899. For him, it was not just ducks as living creatures that were of interest, but rather the effe... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour