Karl Ferdinand Sohn

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Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805 - 1867) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school. He was born in Berlin and studied there under Wilhelm von Schadow, whom he followed to Düsseldorf. He treated principally mythical and poetic subjects of a highly romantic character, and painted in the mechanically idealistic manner of the Düsseldorf school. In 1832 he was made professor in the Düsseldorf Academy, where he exercised an important influence. Among his best-known works are:

• Lute Player (1832), National Gallery, Berlin
• Tasso and the Two Leonoras (1839)
• Rinaldo and Armida (Düsseldorf Academy)

His nephew and pupil, Wilhelm Sohn, (1830-99), born in Berlin, painted at first biblical subjects, and then devoted himself to genre scenes, good in characterization and drawing and of great coloristic charm. Among these are:

• Consultation at the Lawyer's (1866, Leipzig Museum)
• Warrior of the Seventeenth Century (1869, Dresden Gallery)

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