Richard Friese (15 December 1854 – 29 June 1918) was a German animal painting and landscape painter.
Biography
He was born in
Gumbinnen. He studied at the Academy in Berlin, where, after traveling in the orient, in
Norway, and as far as the polar regions, he rapidly acquired his present reputation as one of the best animal painters in Germany, especially noted for his vivid delineations of the
lion's life in the
desert, and also of the native
deer world in the German forest. He was awarded a gold medal in 1886, and elected a member of the Berlin Academy in 1892. He died in 1918 in
Bad Zwischenahn.
Works
His most noteworthy productions include:
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“Lions Surprising Caravan's Camp” (1884), Dresden Gallery
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“Elks on Field of Battle” (1890), National Gallery, Berlin
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“In the Bredszell Moor” (1895), Königsberg Museum
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“A Twenty-pronged Stag under Way,” owned by Emperor William II
See also
