193:
208:
31:
223:
178:
238:
432:
192:
207:
71:
Leu travelled in Norway in 1843 and 1847, and later travelled widely in the Alps. His
Norwegian paintings raised awareness in Germany of that country's scenery. He lived for a time in
222:
504:
30:
177:
484:
494:
499:
270:
65:
489:
76:
306:
84:
403:
Artists of the
Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty Biographical Sketches
237:
92:
98:
His son, also named August Leu (1852–76) studied under him and was a landscape and animal painter. Leu died in
80:
442:
61:
436:
479:
474:
414:
112:
Hardangerfjord im
Sonnenlicht (1849), Kunstverein Bremen (1849), now Private Collection in Norway
406:
381:
353:
334:
315:
91:
and
Brussels Academies. He received several gold medals in Berlin and was awarded the Belgian
454:
389:
380:, ed. John Denison Champlin, Jr. and Charles C. Perkins, (1913 ed.), New York: Scribner's,
361:
283:
48:
school. Most of his pictures are large-format and depict scenes in Norway and the Alps.
468:
458:
88:
350:
Catalogue of the Art
Department of the Eighth Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1880
79:. In 1882 he moved to Berlin, where he became a royal professor and a member of the
17:
279:
75:, then returned to Düsseldorf; in 1855 he received an honourable mention at the
45:
99:
57:
431:
385:
357:
410:
72:
446:
44:(24 March 1818 – 20 July 1897) was a German landscape painter of the
199:
401:Clara Erskine Clement Waters and Laurence Hutton,
8:
372:
370:
264:
262:
260:
214:Fjord Landscape with Glacier and Reindeer
147:Pool at Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains
301:
299:
297:
295:
29:
256:
173:
7:
378:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
352:, Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1880,
461:auction house, London and New York
117:Norwegian Landscape with Waterfall
25:
505:19th-century German male artists
430:
405:, 5th ed. Boston: Osgood, 1889,
310:, 6th ed. (1902–13), Volume 12:
274:, 2nd ed. (1915–30), Volume XV:
271:Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
236:
221:
206:
191:
176:
35:A Sunny day on a Norwegian Fjord
268:A. Hk., "Leu, August Wilhelm",
169:Sunset on the Coast at Sorrento
141:Queen Joanne's Palace at Naples
83:; he was also a member of the
1:
64:, a landscape painter of the
485:19th-century German painters
307:Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
521:
445:at Van Ham auction house,
129:Hohe Göll at Berchtesgaden
495:German landscape painters
376:"Leu, August (Wilhelm)",
229:Norwegian Fjord Landscape
331:Zeitschrift für Bauwesen
62:Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
164:Norwegian High Plateau
38:
159:Königsee and Watzmann
33:
500:Artists from Münster
490:German male painters
439:at Wikimedia Commons
276:Kvadratrod – Ludmila
60:. He was a pupil of
37:by August Leu (1862)
455:August Wilhelm Leu
443:August Wilhelm Leu
153:On the Engstlenalp
42:August Wilhelm Leu
39:
18:August Wilhelm Leu
435:Media related to
66:Düsseldorf school
16:(Redirected from
512:
451:
434:
418:
399:
393:
374:
365:
347:
341:
339:
328:
322:
320:
303:
290:
288:
284:Project Runeberg
266:
240:
225:
210:
195:
180:
93:Order of Leopold
77:Paris Exposition
56:Leu was born in
21:
520:
519:
515:
514:
513:
511:
510:
509:
465:
464:
449:
427:
422:
421:
400:
396:
375:
368:
348:
344:
337:
329:
325:
318:
316:pp. 456–57
304:
293:
286:
278:, p. 724,
267:
258:
253:
246:
241:
232:
226:
217:
211:
202:
196:
187:
181:
108:
102:, Switzerland.
54:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
518:
516:
508:
507:
502:
497:
492:
487:
482:
477:
467:
466:
463:
462:
452:
440:
426:
425:External links
423:
420:
419:
394:
366:
342:
323:
291:
255:
254:
252:
249:
248:
247:
242:
235:
233:
227:
220:
218:
212:
205:
203:
197:
190:
188:
182:
175:
172:
171:
166:
161:
156:
150:
144:
138:
135:Oeschinen Lake
132:
126:
120:
114:
107:
106:Selected works
104:
81:Academy of Art
53:
50:
27:German painter
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
517:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
481:
478:
476:
473:
472:
470:
460:
456:
453:
448:
444:
441:
438:
433:
429:
428:
424:
416:
412:
408:
404:
398:
395:
391:
387:
383:
379:
373:
371:
367:
363:
359:
355:
351:
346:
343:
336:
332:
327:
324:
317:
313:
309:
308:
302:
300:
298:
296:
292:
285:
281:
277:
273:
272:
265:
263:
261:
257:
250:
245:
239:
234:
230:
224:
219:
215:
209:
204:
200:
194:
189:
185:
179:
174:
170:
167:
165:
162:
160:
157:
154:
151:
148:
145:
142:
139:
136:
133:
130:
127:
124:
121:
118:
115:
113:
110:
109:
105:
103:
101:
96:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
74:
69:
67:
63:
59:
51:
49:
47:
43:
36:
32:
19:
402:
397:
388:, Volume 3,
377:
349:
345:
330:
326:
311:
305:
275:
269:
243:
228:
213:
198:
183:
168:
163:
158:
152:
146:
140:
134:
128:
122:
116:
111:
97:
70:
55:
41:
40:
34:
480:1897 deaths
475:1818 births
450:(in German)
338:(in German)
335:p. 212
319:(in German)
287:(in Danish)
184:Alpine Peak
469:Categories
459:Christie's
437:August Leu
415:p. 63
390:p. 72
251:References
244:Matterhorn
123:Sognefjord
100:Seelisberg
386:269766361
362:p. 5
358:229799766
333:6 (1856)
89:Amsterdam
52:Biography
411:78151561
312:L – Lyra
73:Brussels
46:Romantic
447:Cologne
186:(1896)
58:Münster
409:
384:
356:
280:online
231:(1849)
216:(1896)
201:(1865)
155:(1893)
149:(1888)
143:(1886)
137:(1876)
131:(1859)
125:(1849)
119:(1849)
85:Vienna
407:OCLC
382:OCLC
354:OCLC
457:at
282:at
471::
413:,
369:^
360:,
314:,
294:^
259:^
95:.
87:,
68:.
417:.
392:.
364:.
340:.
321:.
289:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
