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Education. Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. Known for. History painting. Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 1843 – 4 January 1915) was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Anton von Werner was born in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1843 and apprenticed to a housepainter. 5 He won a fellowship to the Academic Institute of Fine Arts in Berlin, and later studied with painter Adolph Schroeder (his future father-in-law) in Karlsruhe.
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This wood engraving of The Proclamation of the German Empire differs significantly from the “palace version” of 1877. Among other changes, Anton von Werner fundamentally altered the composition and perspective and portrayed the entire scene in a more dramatic and historically significant light.
May 9, 1843 - Jan 4, 1915. Anton Alexander von Werner was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia. One of the most famous painters of his time, he is regarded a main protagonist of the Wilhelmine Period.
Anton Alexander von Werner was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia. One of the most famous painters of his time, he is regarded a main protagonist of the Wilhelmine Period.
Abstract. At the height of the socialist scare in the early summer of 1878, international affairs also demanded Bismarck’s attention. The Berlin Congress was convened from June 13 to July 13, 1878, as an international meeting to solve the Balkans question in the wake of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. Bismarck offered his services as an ...
The Proclamation of the German Empire (18 January 1871) is the title of several historical paintings by the German painter Anton von Werner. On 18 January 1871, Anton von Werner was present at the proclamation of the German Empire in Versailles in his capacity as a painter.
