Sohn, Karl Ferdinand (1805-1867) - 1828 Rinaldo and Armida (European Academy of Arts - NRW)
Karl Ferdinand Sohn 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. He visited Italy (1830–31) and adopted ideas from the works of the Venetians: Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Palma il Vecchio. In 1832, he was made professor in the Düsseldorf Academy, where he exercised an important influence. He had two sons (Richard Sohn, born in 1834, and Karl Sohn, born in 1845) who grew up to also be painters.
Sohn, Karl Ferdinand (1805-1867) - 1828 Rinaldo and Armida (European Academy of Arts - NRW)
Karl Ferdinand Sohn 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. He visited Italy (1830–31) and adopted ideas from the works of the Venetians: Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Palma il Vecchio. In 1832, he was made professor in the Düsseldorf Academy, where he exercised an important influence. He had two sons (Richard Sohn, born in 1834, and Karl Sohn, born in 1845) who grew up to also be painters.