Karl Buchholz

Karl Buchholz (23 February 1849, Schloßvippach - 29 May 1889 in Oberweimar)[1] was a German landscape painter who worked in oils and watercolors.

[1] His primary instructor there was the landscape painter, Max Schmidt.

From 1871, he was a Master Student of Professor Theodor Hagen at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

His instruction included the practice of painting en plein air, based on the teachings of the Barbizon School.

He preferred simple pictures, with barren areas or trivial items occupying the center of the canvas.

Karl Buchholz; from Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte