Ludwig des Coudres

Portrait of Ludwig Des Coudres (1844) by Michael Stohl (1813–1881)

Portrait of Oswald Achenbach by Des Coudres (1847)

Ludwig des Coudres (1820–1878) was a German historical, portrait, and genre painter.

He was born at Cassel in 1820, and pursued his first studies under J. von Schnorr, at the Academy of Munich. He travelled in Italy in 1844–1845, and placed himself in 1848–1849 under Karl Sohn at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. In 1855, he was appointed professor in the School of Arts at Carlsruhe, in which city he died in 1878.

Notable works include;

• Francesca da Rimini. 1850.
• The Weeping Magdalen. 1852.
• The Lamentation before the Burial (Carlsruhe Gallery). 1855.
• The Adoration of the Shepherds (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1857
• The Holy Women before the Cross (in St. Nicholas, Hamburg). 1863.
• Iphigeneia (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1865.
• Under the Red Cross. 1872.
• Psyche and Pan.
• Happy Existence — a child's picture.

See also

• List of German painters

References

This article incorporates text from the article "DES COUDRES, Ludwig" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

External links

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