Ernst Erwin Oehme

Ernst Erwin Oehme (18 September 1831 in Dresden – 10 October 1907 in Blasewitz) was a German painter known mainly for his oils and watercolor paintings of landscapes, architectural views, genre scenes and portraits.

He attended the Dresden Academy of Art, and for a short time worked under Ludwig Richter, after which he made an artistic tour through Germany, Switzerland, England and France.

He painted, in oils and watercolors, landscapes, architectural views, genre and portraits.

In 1877 he executed three mural paintings representing the “Rape of the Saxon Princes in 1415” in the banquet hall of the Albrechtsburg at Meissen, and in 1887-89 painted the “Declaration of Venezuela's Independence by Bolivar,” a picture in heroic size for the House of Parliament at Caracas.

Other notable works include “Funeral in Spreewald”, “Stone Quarry in Saxon Switzerland”, “Bear Hunt” (in watercolor) and “The Valley of Montafont”.