August Wilhelm Leu

August Wilhelm Leu (Münster 1819-1897 Seelisberg) Sunny Day on a Norwegian Fjord, signed and dated A.Leu 1861, oil on canvas, 90.5 x 126 cm, framed,(Rei) August Wilhelm Leu:Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art from 1840-45 inJ.W.Schirmer's landscape painting class. He started work as alithographer in Königsberg. He travelled through Norway and Italyon study trips. His preferred motifs were landscapes withwaterfalls, fjords, alps and lakes, allpopulated by decorative figures set in the foreground, andin the style of the Düsseldorf school. He received the small andthe large Prussian gold medal for art, and was awarded theBelgian Order of Leopold. He was also royal professor and member ofthe Academies in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels andVienna.