Wilhelm Amandus Beer
German painter of Russian scenes and portraits
Wilhelm Amandus Beer was a German artist. After a training in figurative painting with Jacob Becker and in history and fresco painting with Edward von Steinle at the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt, Wilhelm Amandus Beer became a member of the Kronberg painter colony. He made several trips to Russia and painted numerous scenes of the country and the people. In addition to some multi-figured genre scenes, Beer is recorded for his finely painted portraits. Since 1897, he headed a master studio for painting at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt and was appointed professor in 1899.
Artworks by this artist (64 total)
- Young man on a chair
- Besucherin des Schauspielhauses
- Russische Bauern beim Wasserholen an der Quelle 1898
- Two bears.
- Bauersmann mit Stab einen Steppenhügel mit Häusern ersteigend
- Der Maler Leopold Bode als Rückenfigur sitzend bei der Arbeit ca. 1861 [-] 1864
- Junge Russin Hühner fütternd
- Green field
- Farm girl
- Sitting toddler
- Verlesung einer Kriegsdepesche 1870
- Two bears
- Rückenfigur eines russischen Kindes
- Russian family
- Flachlandschaft und niederer Wald
- Im Aktsaal des Städelschen Kunstinstituts 1861
- Russian church
- Hay harvest in Russia 1875
- Ansicht einer in Russland gelegenen Landschaft mit einer Kirche
- Bildnis des Herzogs Maximilian Joseph in Bayern