Ludwig Richter

Ludwig Richter
Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Public domain

(1803–1884) tysk professor

Ludwig Richter (1803–1884) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Ludwig Richter belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Ludwig Richter was born in Friedrichstadt and died in Dresden. Ludwig Richter trained at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Wikidata associates Ludwig Richter with Biedermeier and Post-romanticism. The students included Wilhelm Porst, Theodor Rocholl, and Ludwig Friedrich.

The best-known works include ‘Civitella & Ariccia’, ‘Ariccia (Morning)’, and ‘Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape’. The catalogue has 30 works by Ludwig Richter with free images. The dated works span the years 1824–1873. Works by Ludwig Richter are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, Alte Nationalgalerie, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Camille Roqueplan, Hermann Stilke, Jacob Abels, Petr Efimovich Zabolotsky, and Robert Scott Lauder.