Karl Hübner

Karl Wilhelm Hübner (17 June 1814, Königsberg – 5 December 1879, Düsseldorf) was a German landscape and genre painter, in the Romantic style.

[1] He initially studied art with the portrait painter, Johann Eduard Wolff [de], in his hometown.

His instructors there included Wilhelm von Schadow and Karl Ferdinand Sohn.

Although it was well received, some art critics complained that, by taking the side of the weavers, he was engaging in "Tendenzmalerei [de]" (propaganda).

He also served on the board of the Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler [de], and was a member of various academies.

Carl Wilhelm Hübner by G. & A. Overbeck (firm), c. 1868
Karl Wilhelm Hübner; portrait by Adolf Neumann , from a photograph