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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableLouis Kolitz put the horror and destruction of the war, for which he twice volunteered, on paper, which makes him a significant painter of 19th century German Impressionism. He was passionately committed to the success of the Kunstakademie Kassel, earning his money through commissioned work in the field of portrait and monumental painting and later as the academy's director. His involvement in the Franco-Prussian War of 1970 had a particularly strong influence on his works, which polarized because of their attention to detail, realism and criticism of the war. It was precisely this realism in his paintings, however, that was responsible for Kolitz's portraits being appreciated throughout his life and thus offering him a lucrative business. Kolitz was also a member of the artists' association "Malkasten", an association of numerous important German artists.
Besides war impressions and portraits, Kolitz also painted landscapes and city views. He studied for two years at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, followed by five further years of study at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. In Düsseldorf he also met Louise Cohnitz, whom he later married. The marriage produced five children. His son Hans Kolitz followed his father and became an artist himself. At the age of 34, Louis Kolitz was appointed director of the Kunstakademie Kassel, where he turned to monumental painting in addition to his work as a portraitist. He produced commissioned works for various buildings and was also involved in the training of drawing teachers. His appointment as director of the Kassel Academy of Art confirmed his artistry. He immediately began to restructure and reorganize the outdated academy of art: he changed the teaching from the ground up and applied for permission to hold drawing teacher examinations for the academy. His son Hans Kolitz was also a student at the Kunstakademie Kassel. He mainly painted Hessian landscapes and later taught at the Altona School of Applied Arts.
Louis Kolitz himself defined art as striving for perfection and painted regularly throughout his life. From 1870 onwards he undertook annual journeys within Germany. After the war, he also travelled to France, England, Belgium, Holland and Italy, where he found inspiration especially in his landscape paintings. In 1911 Kolitz moved to Berlin as a retired academy director, where he died three years later, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Although his war paintings were met with harsh criticism and rejection at the time and he was able to record far more financial gains through his portraits, it is precisely these polarizing images of war that are considered highly regarded today.
Louis Kolitz put the horror and destruction of the war, for which he twice volunteered, on paper, which makes him a significant painter of 19th century German Impressionism. He was passionately committed to the success of the Kunstakademie Kassel, earning his money through commissioned work in the field of portrait and monumental painting and later as the academy's director. His involvement in the Franco-Prussian War of 1970 had a particularly strong influence on his works, which polarized because of their attention to detail, realism and criticism of the war. It was precisely this realism in his paintings, however, that was responsible for Kolitz's portraits being appreciated throughout his life and thus offering him a lucrative business. Kolitz was also a member of the artists' association "Malkasten", an association of numerous important German artists.
Besides war impressions and portraits, Kolitz also painted landscapes and city views. He studied for two years at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, followed by five further years of study at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. In Düsseldorf he also met Louise Cohnitz, whom he later married. The marriage produced five children. His son Hans Kolitz followed his father and became an artist himself. At the age of 34, Louis Kolitz was appointed director of the Kunstakademie Kassel, where he turned to monumental painting in addition to his work as a portraitist. He produced commissioned works for various buildings and was also involved in the training of drawing teachers. His appointment as director of the Kassel Academy of Art confirmed his artistry. He immediately began to restructure and reorganize the outdated academy of art: he changed the teaching from the ground up and applied for permission to hold drawing teacher examinations for the academy. His son Hans Kolitz was also a student at the Kunstakademie Kassel. He mainly painted Hessian landscapes and later taught at the Altona School of Applied Arts.
Louis Kolitz himself defined art as striving for perfection and painted regularly throughout his life. From 1870 onwards he undertook annual journeys within Germany. After the war, he also travelled to France, England, Belgium, Holland and Italy, where he found inspiration especially in his landscape paintings. In 1911 Kolitz moved to Berlin as a retired academy director, where he died three years later, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Although his war paintings were met with harsh criticism and rejection at the time and he was able to record far more financial gains through his portraits, it is precisely these polarizing images of war that are considered highly regarded today.
.jpg "View of the Arcade Wall of the Henschel Gardens from Karlsaue, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Heidelberg Castle by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1128957).jpg "Martha Kolitz by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Avenue at Kuechengraben in the Karlsaue Park, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132953).jpg "The Fulda Valley, near Kassel, with Snow by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132954).jpg "Self Portrait with Hat by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "The Lovely View in Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Horse Racing at Benrath on the Rhine by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1125577).jpg "Cyclist in the Karlsaue Park, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Hohenzollernstrasse in Kassel at Sunset by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1127171).jpg "View from the Slope of the Doernberg towards Burghasungen by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Transporting Prisoners After the Capture of Metz in 1870, 1872 by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "The Terrace in Kassel with a Storm Brewing by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Riva del Garda, Italy by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "The Little Fulda in the Karlsaue Park, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1125578).jpg "Deer in a Wood by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1129368).jpg "The West Slope of the Doernberg, Near Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1125579).jpg "A Lady Reading on a Sunny Terrace by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "Professor Friedrich Mueller by Louis Kolitz")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1127172).jpg "The Edge of the Karlsaue, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "The Centre of the Park, Wilhelmshoehe, Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "An Italian Road with a Baroque Park Gate by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "On the Beach on Norderney by Louis Kolitz")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-590787).jpg "Two Churches in Rome by Louis Kolitz")
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.jpg "The Kings Gate in Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
.jpg "Auerestaurant Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
.jpg "Road by the Fulda River to Neuen Muehle near Kassel by Louis Kolitz")
.jpg "Landscape with a Bridge near Landsberg an der Warthe by Louis Kolitz")