Bernhard Buttersack

Bernhard Buttersack (16 March 1858, Bad Liebenzell — 6 May 1925, Icking) was a German landscape painter of the Munich School.

He displayed artistic talent at an early age, was encouraged by his parents and began his studies at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart under Jakob Grünenwald and Albert Kappis.

In 1891, he was awarded a gold medal at the Glaspalast and, the following year, was one of the founders of the Munich Secession.

Four years later, after several moves, he settled in Haimhausen, where he built a spacious house with a large art studio and landscaped garden.

The joy he felt for the local surroundings gradually diminished and he complained about the frequent easterly winds which, he said, ruined the picturesque atmosphere.