Gustav Schönleber

Gustav Schönleber (born December 3, 1851 in Bietigheim, died February 1, 1917 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape painter.

He received his primary education in Stuttgart. A childhood accident left him blind in one eye. He originally studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, but he drew as a hobby and a cousin, who recognized his talent, suggested that he go to Munich to study at the private art school of Adolf Heinrich Lier. He studied landscape painting there from 1870 to 1873.

In the later 1870s, he travelled extensively; to France, Holland and Italy as well as throughout Germany, providing illustrations for numerous books and other publications. From 1880 to 1917, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, where his notable students included Friedrich Kallmorgen, Wilhelm Hasemann, Paul Müller-Kaempff, Gerhard Bakenhus, Max Wilhelm Roman and Max Frey.

He also served on the committee that selected artists to design trading cards for the Stollwerck chocolate company of Cologne, and was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts in 1911.

Fishing Port

View of the Old Town
in Esslingen

View of Vlissingen

Marina in Venice

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