Adolf Seel

Adolf Seel (* March 1, 1829 in Wiesbaden, † February 14, 1907 in Dillenburg ) was a Wiesbaden painters of the 19th century. He was educated at the Düsseldorf Art Academy.

Life

Seel visited from 1844 to 1850 the Academy in Dusseldorf, where he particularly follow-up to William 's son, then a year was formed in Paris in 1864 and 1865 in Italy further out, toured in 1870 and 1871, Spain, Portugal and the north coast of Africa and 1873 and 1874 East, where his passion for the rich architectural painting was food. Its architecture pieces, especially Arab and Moorish buildings are usually provided by a masterful perspective, lighting and color and with just as splendidly painted decoration. These works can be divided into the flow of Orientalism. Among the older works project in particular:

• Heart of a Byzantine church (1862 ),
• Scene from San Marco in Venice,
• The cloister of the cathedral at Halberstadt in the winter ( main picture),

Among the later:

• Baptistery of San Marco,
• Court Of Lions of the Alhambra,
• Arabian Court in Cairo (1876, National Gallery in Berlin )
• The Egyptian Harem (1878 )
• The favorite (1883 ),
• Alhambra (1886 ) and
• Courtyard of the Alhambra (1892 ).

Awards

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• German painter
• Born in 1829
• Died in 1907
• Man