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Friedrich Voltz
Friedrich Voltz

Friedrich Voltz

German, 1817-1886
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Johann Friedrich Voltz was a German landscape and animal painter of the Munich School.

Voltz received his first art instruction from his father, Johann Michael Voltz, a painter and engraver. He began as an etcher and, in 1834, went to Munich to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. However, he derived more inspiration from nature and his studies of the old Dutch Masters at the Alte Pinakothek. He was heavily influenced by Albrecht Adam and his friends, Carl Spitzweg and Eduard Schleich. Sometimes, he would paint the cows in Schleich's landscapes. He found employment as a lithographer but continued to paint Bavarian landscapes through the 1830s.

While visiting the Netherlands in 1841, he saw Der Junge Stier, a painting by Paulus Potter and, from there on, devoted himself primarily to animal painting. During a tour of Belgium and the Netherlands in 1846, he absorbed the style of the Dutch Stimmungsmalern ("mood painters"). He experimented with lighting, producing warm golden colors and cool silvery tones. In his later paintings, the animals are virtually treated as still-lifes, with the dramatic effects created by the play of light.

He died rather unexpectedly when an apparently innocuous foot ailment turned into a serious illness. Voltz is considered one of the great German animal painters along with Anton Braith. His paintings are on display in the Neue Pinakothek and the National Gallery (Berlin), among many others.

His younger brother, Ludwig Gustav, was also an animal painter.

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Kühe an der Tränke

Kühe an der Tränke (1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Hirtenkinder im Wald mit Kühen und Schafen

Hirtenkinder im Wald mit Kühen und Schafen (Ca. 1850)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Rastende Kühe auf der Weide

Rastende Kühe auf der Weide

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Kühe an einem See

Kühe an einem See (Ca. 1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Rinderherde am Wasser

Rinderherde am Wasser

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Cows near a Watering Place

Cows near a Watering Place (1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
A herd of cattle near a Lake

A herd of cattle near a Lake (1872)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Auf der Alm

Auf der Alm (1843)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Herde mit Schafen am See

Herde mit Schafen am See (1872)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Kühe am Seeufer mit Fischerboot

Kühe am Seeufer mit Fischerboot (1871)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Kühe an einem See

Kühe an einem See (1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Rast der Kuhherde

Rast der Kuhherde (1873)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Stier

Stier (1838)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Shepherd with cattle

Shepherd with cattle (1867)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Returning from the Field, in the background a small village

Returning from the Field, in the background a small village (1883)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
An der Tränke

An der Tränke

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Weidelandschaft mit Hirtejunge

Weidelandschaft mit Hirtejunge (1885)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Hirtebub mit Kühen an Felsenwand

Hirtebub mit Kühen an Felsenwand (1860-1880)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Returning Home from the Hay Harvest at Sunset

Returning Home from the Hay Harvest at Sunset (1851)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Die Hasenfütterung

Die Hasenfütterung (1845)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Figurative
Rinder am Seeufer

Rinder am Seeufer (1882)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Weidende Kühe am Fluss mit Hirten

Weidende Kühe am Fluss mit Hirten (1874)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
In the Barn

In the Barn (1852)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
A Meadow At Noon

A Meadow At Noon

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Figurative
Landscape

Landscape

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Heimkehr der Rinderherde im Herbst

Heimkehr der Rinderherde im Herbst (1868)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Kühe an der Tränke

Kühe an der Tränke (1860)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Mittagsrast des Viehhirten am Seeufer

Mittagsrast des Viehhirten am Seeufer (Ca. 1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Der wildgewordene Stier

Der wildgewordene Stier (Ca. 1850-1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Kalb im Stall

Kalb im Stall (1840)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
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