Friedrich August Bouterwek (or Buterweck) was a German artist, who spent much of his life in Paris.
Bouterwek was born at Tarnowitz, in Silesia, in 1806. He was trained in the school of Kolbe at Berlin, and later pursued his studies under Delaroche in Paris, where he three times carried off the gold medal. In 1834 he made a tour in Italy, and later visited Spain, Scotland, and the East. After a while he moved from Berlin to Paris, where he lived for 25 years. In the course of his life he was awarded 23 medals and numerous orders. He died in Paris in 1867.
You may also like
Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823-1889)
Edvard Perséus (Swedish, 1841-1890)
Charles Bargue (French, 1826-1883)
Alfred Henry Maurer (American, 1868 – 1932)
Edward John Poynter (English, 1836 – 1919)
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617-1681)
Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)
Alexej von Jawlensky (Russian, 1864-1941)
Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
Frederick Sandys (English, 1829-1904)
Alfred Turner (American, 1851-1932)
Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828-1899)
George Hitchcock (American, 1850-1913)
Dirck Van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595-1624)