Benno Adam
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Benno Raffael Adam was a German
painter
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He specialised in animal portraits and market and hunting scenes.
He was the son of painter Albrecht Adam
and the father of painter Emil Adam
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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He specialised in animal portraits and market and hunting scenes.
He was the son of painter Albrecht Adam
Albrecht Adam
Albrecht Adam was a German painter of battles and horses.Born in Nördlingen, he began an apprenticeship as a confectioner and went in 1803 to Nuremberg to begin his training...
and the father of painter Emil Adam
Emil Adam
Emil Franz Adam was a German painter.Adam was the son of animal painter Benno Adam. He studied painting under his uncle, the painter Franz Adam, and later under Jean Francois Portaels in Brussels....
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Sources
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version
- Brief biography