Gustav Schönleber

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.

In 1895 he, Fritz von Uhde and Max Liebermann were chosen to represent Germany at the first Venice Biennale.

In the mid 1900s, he was paid 10,000 Goldmarks by the government of Baden to paint scenes of the Laufenburger Stromschnellen [de], before they were destroyed to improve navigation and make room for power plant construction.

He also served on the committee that selected artists to design trading cards for the Stollwerck chocolate company of Cologne,[1] and was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund.

[2] He was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts in 1911[3] and, in 1912, received the Order of the Crown from King William II of Württemberg.