August Friedrich Schenck | |
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| Born | 23 April 1828  Glückstadt |
| Died | 1 January 1901 (aged 72) Écouen |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Style | landscape painting |
| Spouse(s) | Ludowika Stapaczinska |
August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (23 April 1828 – 1 January 1901) was a painter who was born in Glückstadt in the Duchy of Holstein, which at the time was under Danish control but part of the German Confederation. He lived and worked for most of his life in France.[1] He was both French and German by nationality.
Schenck was a pupil of Léon Cogniet in France. He became well known for his landscapes and paintings of animals.[2] His works were first exhibited publicly in 1855.[3] Anguish,[4] perhaps his most famous painting, is an oil-on-canvas work showing a ewe grieving over the dead body of her lamb as they are encircled by ominous black crows.[5] It was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne in 1880.[4] In 1885 he became knight of the Legion of Honour.[6] Schenck died in Écouen near Paris.
- ^ "August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck". Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck - Biography". askART. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
Biography excerpted from the unpublished catalog by Edward P. Bentley for the Haussner Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland, titled: Haussner's, The Children.
- ^ Clement, Clara Erskine; Hutton, Laurence (1893). Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works (6 ed.). Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
- ^ a b "Anguish (Angoisse)". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Dowse, Nicola (15 April 2021). "The story behind the NGV's 'sad sheep painting' and the mysterious artist who painted it". Time Out Melbourne.
- ^ "Restoration of Schenck's Orphan". Musée d'Orsay. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.