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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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Schimmel mit Rittmeister

Schimmel mit Rittmeister (1840)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Stute mit Fohlen vor weiter Hügellandschaft

Stute mit Fohlen vor weiter Hügellandschaft (1845)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Animals
Dengelnder Bauer

Dengelnder Bauer (Ca. 1850-60)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Figurative
Senner

Senner (1845)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Figurative
Chiemsee mit Fischerboot und Dampfer

Chiemsee mit Fischerboot und Dampfer (Ca. 1830-1840)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Gewitter im Gebirge

Gewitter im Gebirge (1852)

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

Rinderherde an der Tränke (1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Bootssteg im Schilf

Bootssteg im Schilf (Ca. 1830-1840)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Herbstlandschaft in Holland

Herbstlandschaft in Holland (1846)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Kühe am Seeufer

Kühe am Seeufer (1870)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Landscape
Sitzender Jagdhund

Sitzender Jagdhund (1838)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Drawings
Cows drinking

Cows drinking

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Drawings
Dorfstraße mit Viehherde

Dorfstraße mit Viehherde

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Drawings
Eine zur Tränke getriebene Viehherde

Eine zur Tränke getriebene Viehherde (1865)

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Drawings
Landschaft in Gewitterstimmung mit einer Viehherde im Vordergrund und einem Erntewagen am Horizont

Landschaft in Gewitterstimmung mit einer Viehherde im Vordergrund und einem Erntewagen am Horizont

Friedrich Voltz (German, 1817-1886)
Drawings
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