Emil Adam

German painter
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IntroGerman painter
A.K.A.prof. emil adam E. Adam
A.K.A.prof. emil adam E. Adam
PlacesGermany
wasPainter Lithographer
Work fieldArts Science
Gender
Male
Birth20 May 1843, Munich, Germany
Death19 January 1924Munich, Germany (aged 80 years)
Star signTaurus
Family
Children:Richard Benno Adam Ernst Adam
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Biography

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Emil Franz Adam (20 May 1843, in Munich – 19 January 1924, in Munich) was a German equestrian painter.

Life

Adam was the son of animal painter Benno Adam. He initially intended to devote himself to science, but, carried away by the example of his grandfather, the equestrian painter Albrecht Adam, he decided to be a painter. He studied painting under the guidance of his uncle, the painter Franz Adam, and later under Jean-François Portaels in Brussels. He became one of the last great masters in depicting horses, horse portraits and hunting scenes.

Adam married Josephine Marie, née Wurmb. They had two sons, the painter Richard Benno Adam (1873–1937) and the priest Ernst Adam (1884-1955).

Adam's work consisted primarily of horse paintings, equestrian portraits, and hunting scenes. He was invited, along with his father to Pardubice, Bohemia, in 1867, to paint the hunting club members portrait, a group of 60 people.

Illustrations of works

https://artuk.org/discover/artists/adam-emil-18431924

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