Helmuth Liesegang

He was the son of a gymnasium teacher, Helmuth Karl Albert Liesegang, and his wife, Agnes née Jüngel.

In 1885, together with his friend, Arthur Kampf, he visited Paris, where he came under the influence of the Barbizon school; especially Jean-François Millet and Jules Bastien-Lepage.

[1] The following year, together with Olof Jernberg, Eugen Kampf and Heinrich Hermanns, he founded the "Lucas Club"; as a reaction to the exhibition policies of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen [de].

The Club sought to combine the stylistic approaches of the Barbizon and Hague schools with the aesthetics of Impressionism.

In his later years, he was awarded the title of Professor, and continued to take part in large exhibitions; notably those of "Young Rhineland".