Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger

Wilhelm Lindenschmit (the Younger) (June 20, 1829 - June 8, 1895) was a German history painter who was a native of Munich. He was the son of painter Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder (1806-1848).Lindenschmit originally studied art in Mainz with his uncle Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809-1893), and subsequently studied at the Academy of Munich, at the Städel Institute in Frankfurt am Main, in Antwerp, and later in Paris where he created "Ernte" (The Harvest) and "Die Gräfin von Rudolstadt und Alba" (Duke of Alba and the Countess of Rudolstadt). These two paintings are now housed at the Kunsthalle Hamburg.

From 1853 to 1863 he painted in Frankfurt, and later moved to Munich where in 1875 he became professor to the Academy. During this time period he produced paintings concerning the Protestant Reformation as well as works involving themes from British history. These include:
* "Reformatorenversammlung in Marburg" (Disputation at Marburg), 1862
* "Stiftung des Jesuitenordens" (Institution of the Order of Jesuits), 1868
* "Ulrich von Hutten im Kampf mit französischen Adligen" (Ulrich von Hütten Fighting French Nobles), 1869
* "Luther und Kardinal Cajetan in Augsburg" (Luther's Disputation with Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg)
* "Der junge Luther bei Andreas Proles" (The young Luther with Andreas Proles), 1869
* "Knox und die schottischen Bilderstürmer" (John Knox and the Iconoclasts)
* "Der Tod Wilhelms von Oranien" (Assassination of William of Orange), 1872
* "Sir Walter Raleigh im Tower von Verwandten besucht" (Walter Raleigh in the Tower Visited by His Family), 1873

Beginning in the mid-1870s Lindenschmit's works gradually became more luminous in color, associated with the modern Munich school of painting. A few of these paintings included "Narziß" (Narcissus), "Einzug Alarichs in Rom" (Entry of Alaric into Rome), and "Venus an der Leiche des Adonis" (Venus by the Body of Adonis); the latter being on display at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.

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