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1849 Niendorf, Holstein, Germany - 1938 Ascona, Italy. Known for: Modernist figure, nude, landscape painting.
Christian Rohlfs was born on December 22, 1849 in Niendorf, Holstein in Germany. He was the son of a farmer; in 1870 he studied painting at the Kunstschule in Weimar, where he later taught. A... Read full biography
Christian Rohlfs was born on December 22, 1849 in Niendorf, Holstein in Germany. He was the son of a farmer; in 1870 he studied painting at the Kunstschule in Weimar, where he later taught. A prolonged illness forced him to interrupt his studies which he resumed in 1874. He was influenced by Van... Read full biography
Christian Rohlfs was born on December 22, 1849 in Niendorf, Holstein in Germany. He was the son of a farmer; in 1870 he studied painting at the Kunstschule in Weimar, where he later taught. A prolonged illness forced him to interrupt his studies which he resumed in 1874. He was influenced by Van Gogh, and encouraged by Emil Nolde. He visited Paris in the 1870s where he came into contact with the Barbizon school. Under the influence of Alexandre Struys he painted figurative works and realistic... Read full biography
Christian Rohlfs was born on December 22, 1849 in Niendorf, Holstein in Germany. He was the son of a farmer; in 1870 he studied painting at the Kunstschule in Weimar, where he later taught. A prolonged illness forced him to interrupt his studies which he resumed in 1874. He was influenced by Van Gogh, and encouraged by Emil Nolde. He visited Paris in the 1870s where he came into contact with the Barbizon school. Under the influence of Alexandre Struys he painted figurative works and realistic nudes. Around 1883 he painted mainly very large landscapes. From 1884 he worked as an independent painter; color became increasingly important and by the end of the 1880s he had developed an independent style much like Impressionism. From 1927 to 1937... Read full biography
Christian Rohlfs was born on December 22, 1849 in Niendorf, Holstein in Germany. He was the son of a farmer; in 1870 he studied painting at the Kunstschule in Weimar, where he later taught. A prolonged illness forced him to interrupt his studies which he resumed in 1874. He was influenced by Van Gogh, and encouraged by Emil Nolde. He visited Paris in the 1870s where he came into contact with the Barbizon school. Under the influence of Alexandre Struys he painted figurative works and realistic nudes. Around 1883 he painted mainly very large landscapes. From 1884 he worked as an independent painter; color became increasingly important and by the end of the 1880s he had developed an independent style much like Impressionism. From 1927 to 1937 he was based in Ascona, Lago Maggiore in Italy. Late in his life he painted delicate, semi-abstract flowers that are his best known work... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (1)
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Detroit Institute of Art