ACHENBACH, ANDREAS (1815-191o), German land scape painter, was born at Cassel on Sept. 29, 1815, and died on March 31, 191o. He was a pioneer of the German realistic school. He studied at Diisseldorf under Schirmer, but emancipated himself from the contemporary school of landscapists which delighted in the representation of romantic scenery. He was the first artist of the Diisseldorf school who painted nature for its own sake. As a young man he sought inspiration in Holland and Norway. His pictures of the stormy North sea, of Dutch canal scenes and of Rhineland villages contrasted favourably with the sentimental landscapes of his contemporaries. His works are to be found at the Berlin National Gallery, the New Pinakothek in Munich, and the galleries at Dresden, Darmstadt, Cologne, Diisseldorf, Leipzig and Hamburg.
His brother, OSWALD ACHENBACH (1827-1905), 1S distinguished for his colourful renderings of the Bay of Naples, of Rome and of Venice. He broke away from the traditional classicist interpreta tion of these scenes and revelled in strong and glowing colour effects. His works are exhibited at most of the important German galleries of modern art.