Düsseldorf School of painting

Major members of the Düsseldorf School advocated "plein air painting", and tended to use a palette with relatively subdued and even colors.

The Düsseldorf School derived from and was a part of the German Romantic movement.

Prominent members of the Düsselorf School included von Schadow, Karl Friedrich Lessing, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Andreas Achenbach, Hans Fredrik Gude, Adolph Tidemand, Oswald Achenbach, and Adolf Schrödter.

[3] The Düsseldorf School had a significant influence on the Hudson River School in the United States, and many prominent Americans trained at the Düsseldorf Academy and show the influence of the Düsseldorf School, including George Caleb Bingham, David Edward Cronin, Eastman Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, Richard Caton Woodville, William Stanley Haseltine, James McDougal Hart, Helen Searle, and William Morris Hunt, as well as German émigré Emanuel Leutze.

His American friend Worthington Whittredge became his teacher while attending Düsseldorf.

The old "Academie of Düsseldorf" , Andreas Achenbach , 1831
Clearing Up—Coast of Sicily , Andreas Achenbach , 1847, The Walters Art Museum
Jolly Flatboatmen in Port , George Caleb Bingham , 1857
Tranquillity after the Storm , Erik Bodom , 1871
Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia , David Edward Cronin , 1888
On the Seashore , Eugen Dücker , 1875
The Veterans (From Days Gone By) , Bengt Nordenberg , 1882, Hallwyl Museum
Die Amazonenschlacht , Anselm Feuerbach , 1873
Dandenong Ranges from Beleura , Eugene von Guerard , 1870
Negro Life at the South , Eastman Johnson , 1859
Washington Crossing the Delaware , Emanuel Leutze , 1851
Romantische Landschaft , Carl Friedrich Lessing
Rain in an oak forest , Ivan Shishkin , 1891
Mathilde Wesendonck , Karl Ferdinand Sohn , 1850
Lady in Aquamarine , Carl Schmitz-Pleis , 1911