Wildbad Gastein.

Title

Wildbad Gastein.

Description

Impressively view of Wildbad Gastein with its waterfall and teep rock slope at the mountain Graukopf in Austria. Issued from Rud. Schuster, Berlin.

ca. 1875

Artist

Hertel (1843-1912)

Albert Hertel (1843 - 1912) was a German painter. Hertel was initially a student at the art academy in his hometown. At the age of twenty, Hertel undertook a study trip to Rome in 1863 and stayed there for almost four years. In addition to studying ancient masters, Hertel was particularly interested in landscape painting. He joined the painter Heinrich Dreber. In 1867 Hertel returned to Germany and settled again in Berlin. Shortly afterwards he went to Düsseldorf. In the years 1868/1869 he was a student in the landscape class of Oswald Achenbach at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 1875 he was appointed as a lecturer at the Berlin Art Academy and entrusted with the management of a studio for landscape painting. As such, he soon became one of the most important painters of the Berlin school. His artistic work includes landscape paintings - which were often created as "en plein air" - as well as still lifes and genre pieces.