Please note: Artists not classified as American in our database may have limited biographical data
compared to the extensive information about American artists.
August Friedrich Siegert, German 1820-1883
An extremely popular Dusseldorf artist, August Siegert began his career as a painter of history, but finding his talents more in touch with life around him, he turned to portraits and genre studies.
A native of Neuwied, Germany, he spent the years between 1835 and 1846 as a pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy under Ferdinand Theodor Hildebrandt, know for his color and originality, and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, a member of the “Nazarites” o (showing 500 of 1366 characters). |