Ferdinand Becker
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Ferdinand Becker was born at Gonsenheim in 1846. He entered the studio of Steinle
, at Frankfort, in 1868, and afterwards removed to Mainz
, where he painted his most celebrated work, “Der Jude im Dorn” (1874-1875) illustrating the German fairy tale
by the Brothers Grimm
. He died in Munich in 1877.
Eduard Von Steinle
Eduard Von Steinle was a historical painter and member of the Nazarene movement.Steinle came successively under the influence of the painters Leopold Kupelweiser, Johann Overbeck, and Peter von Cornelius, and was thus introduced into the methods of the German painters who had formed themselves...
, at Frankfort, in 1868, and afterwards removed to Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, where he painted his most celebrated work, “Der Jude im Dorn” (1874-1875) illustrating the German fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
by the Brothers Grimm
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
. He died in Munich in 1877.