Carl August Heinrich Ferdinand Oesterley
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Carl August Heinrich Ferdinand Oesterley (January 23, 1839 – December 16, 1930) was a German landscape painter who was a native of Göttingen
. He was the son of painter Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Oesterley
(1805-1891).
He attended classes at the Polytechnikum in Hannover and, beginning 1857, at the Kunstakademie (Art Academy) in Düsseldorf
where he studied religious painting under Ernst Deger
. During a visit to Lübeck
in 1865, where he copied Hans Memling
's Passion, he made some attempts at architectural and landscape painting. These turned out so well that from then on he dedicated himself to landscape painting. Beginning in 1870 he focused his artistic efforts mainly on Norwegian landscapes, for which he devoted several study trips. He lived in Hamburg
and received a first-class medal from the Münchener Ausstellung (Munich Exhibition).
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
. He was the son of painter Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Oesterley
Carl Oesterley
Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Oesterley was a German painter and art historian who was a native of Göttingen. He is remembered largely for creating oil paintings with Biblical themes, and was the father of landscape painter Carl August Heinrich Ferdinand Oesterley .He studied archaeology, philosophy and...
(1805-1891).
He attended classes at the Polytechnikum in Hannover and, beginning 1857, at the Kunstakademie (Art Academy) in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
where he studied religious painting under Ernst Deger
Ernst Deger
Ernst Deger was a 19th century German religious artist.*...
. During a visit to Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
in 1865, where he copied Hans Memling
Hans Memling
Hans Memling was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter.-Life and works:Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden...
's Passion, he made some attempts at architectural and landscape painting. These turned out so well that from then on he dedicated himself to landscape painting. Beginning in 1870 he focused his artistic efforts mainly on Norwegian landscapes, for which he devoted several study trips. He lived in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and received a first-class medal from the Münchener Ausstellung (Munich Exhibition).
Selected paintings
His best works, characterized by their grand conception and skillful use of color and light, are:- Mitternachtstimmung bei den Lofoten, (Midnight mood in the LofotenLofotenLofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.-Etymology:...
) - Norwegische Gebirgsschlucht, (Norwegian Gebirgsschlucht)
- Romsdalsfjord, norwegischer Fjord, (Romsdalshorn Fjord, Norwegian fjord)
- Raftsund im nördlichen Norwegen, (Raftsund in northern Norway)
- Fischer an der norwegischen Küste, (Fisher on the Norwegian coast)
- Nordische Sommernacht, (Nordic summer night)
- Oldenvand im Nordfjord, (Oldenvand in NordfjordNordfjordNordfjord is a fjord and a traditional district in the northern part of Sogn og Fjordane county in Western Norway. The district comprises the municipalities of Selje, Vågsøy, Bremanger, Eid, Gloppen, Hornindal, and Stryn. Nordfjord covers an area of and is home to a population of approximately...
)