Julius Hübner

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Julius Hübner (1806-82) was a German historical painter of the Düsseldorf school. He was born at Oels in Silesia, studied at the Academy School in Berlin and under Schadow there and in Düsseldorf. He first attracted attention by his picture of "Ruth and Boaz" (1825). He traveled in Italy and resided for the most part at Düsseldorf until 1839. In that year he settled at Dresden, becoming a professor in the Academy of Arts in 1841 and director of the Gallery of Paintings in 1871. He obtained the great gold medal at Brussels in 1851. Among the works of his first period are "The Fisherman" (1828), after Goethe's ballad; "Ruth and Naomi" (1833), in the National Gallery, Berlin; "Christ and the Evangelists" (1835); "Job and his Friends" (1838), in the Gallery of Frankfort; "Consider the Lilies" (1839); and the portrait of Frederick III, in the Kaiserhalle, Frankfort. To his second, or Dresden, period belong the "Golden Age" and "Dispute between Luther and Dr. Eck" (1866), in the Dresden Gallery; "Charles V at San Yuste;" "Last Days of Frederick the Great;" "Cupid in Winter;" and others. He was also known as a poet. He was the father of Emil Hübner, a distinguished classical scholar.

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