1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
UHDE, FRITZ KARL HERMANN VON (1848- ), German painter, was born at Wolkenburg in Saxony. His artistic career, for which he studied first in Dresden, was interrupted for nearly ten years by military service, which included the two years of the Franco-German War, but in 1877 ne again turned his attention to art, studying under Munkacsy in Paris and afterwards independently in Holland. His inclination was from the first directed towards religious subjects. He revived the practice of treating Biblical episodes realisti…
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