Theodor Groll


Theodor Groll, also Theodor Groll the younger was a German genre, landscape and architect painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Life

Groll was born in Düsseldorf as the son of a glove maker and writer Theodor Groll. In 1878, he completed his school education at the. He then attended the Berlin Bauakademie, where he graduated as master builder. He later changed his discipline and became a private pupil of the Düsseldorf landscape and veduta painter Caspar Scheuren. Groll undertook numerous study trips, several times to Italy. In April 1890 he visited Rome. From 1892, he stayed in the U.S. for several years. In 1893, he was a judge at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1896, he travelled through southern and central German cities. In 1904, Groll founded the November Group together with the painters,, Carl Ernst Bernhard Jutz, Gustav Rutz, Emil Schultz-Riga and others in Düsseldorf. Groll was a member of the and the Malkasten, which he served as chairman for several years. Groll died in Düsseldorf at age 56.

Work

Groll made a special name for himself with his fine, detailed architectural painting. Besides Oswald Achenbach, Albert Flamm and others he belongs to the "Italian painters" of the Düsseldorf School. At an international art auction in 2013, Groll's Afternoon in Venice was sold for 58,750 euro.