Hugo Crolaartist • painterIlsenburg (Duitsland) 1841-1910 Blankenburg (Duitsland)

Hugo Crola, son of the landscape painter Georg Heinrich Crola (1804-1879), painted portraits, genre scenes and history pictures. He initially devoted himself to architecture, but switched to painting and entered the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1862. Here he was a teacher himself from 1877. At the end of the 19th century, Crola was one of the most important representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Later he devoted himself almost exclusively to portrait painting, with great success. For example, he repeatedly portrayed noble and aristocratic people. He initially derived his style from the Dutch masters of the 17th century, later he worked more impressionistically.