August Deusser

August Deusser (15 February 1870, in Cologne – 28 October 1942, in Konstanz) was a German painter and art professor, at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

From 1892 to 1897, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; finishing as a master student of Peter Janssen[1] At first, he painted genre and historical works; with subjects ranging from farmers in the field, to scenes from Shakespeare.

In one of his first successes, he won a competition for decorating the meeting room of the courthouse in Kleve; with a scene depicting the evening before the Battle of Kleverhamm [de].

[2] Under the influence of Max Liebermann and Wilhelm Trübner, he became one of the first artists associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule to turn to Impressionism.

On that occasion, he received positive reviews in the magazine, Die Rheinlande [de], from its publisher, the writer Wilhelm Schäfer.