Julius Schrader

Julius Friedrich Antonio Schrader was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Biography

He studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, then spent five years at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he became a student of Schadow. He spent two more years in Düsseldorf, and later traveled in Italy, England, The Netherlands, and Belgium and in the last country fell under the influence of the colorists Louis Gallait and Édouard De Bièfve. In 1851, he became a professor at the Berlin Academy.
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Works

Surrender of Calais to Edward III
Frederick the Great after the Battle of Kolin
Death of Leonardo da Vinci
Milton and His Daughters
Cromwell at the Death-Bed of His Daughter

In fresco he painted First Twelve Christian Monarchs in the Royal Chapel, and Consecration of the Church of Saint Sophia, Constantinople in the New Museum, Berlin. Among his portraits are those of Alexander von Humboldt and the historian Leopold von Ranke.