Theodor Poeckh

Theodor Poeckh (20 April 1839, Braunschweig – 5 January 1921, Karlsruhe) was a German portrait painter.

[1][2] After that, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he studied with Carl Theodor von Piloty.

He remained in Munich, until he was appointed to a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe; left vacant by the death Ludwig des Coudres.

There, he took charge of the newly created nature and classical painting classes, with Ernst Schurth [de] as an assistant.

Some of his best known students were Christian Wilhelm Allers, Emil Schill [de], Pedro Weingärtner and Paul Schultze-Naumburg.