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The American painter Richard Caton Woodville pursued his great passion, painting and drawing, at an early age. As the scion of a wealthy family, he was able to live out his talent without financial pressure. He could not let go of his passion even during his medical studies at the University of Maryland, which may well have led him to decide not to pursue his desired career as a doctor. Instead, at the age of 20, he went to Düsseldorf together with his wife Mary, whom he had married the year before. There he first attended the art academy, but - he could afford it - soon took private lessons with Karl Ferdinand Sohn. His opulent works, in which he took up themes from ancient mythology, were already very popular during his lifetime and later he was appointed director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
The world of antiquity, however, was less to Woodville's taste. He was much more attracted to the caricature painting Johann Peter Hasenclevers, with which he had become famous during his time in Düsseldorf. Hasenclever is considered one of the most important German painters of the 19th century and co-founder of socio-critical genre painting, whose famous representatives include Carl Spitzweg and Wilhelm Busch. From then on, this kind of ironically viewed snapshot became the subject of Woodville's work. His pictures reflect especially the world of the petty bourgeoisie in the Biedermeier era, which many artists liked to depict satirically and with a slight wink.
In Sohn's studio in the late 1840s, Woodville had met the Düsseldorf architect's daughter Antoinette Marie Schnitzler, who, like him, was an enthusiastic painter. Because of her, his wife left him and went back to America with their three children. A few years later Richard Caton Woodville married his lover Antoinette, with whom he had a daughter. In the following years the artist couple traveled together through Paris and England. Like his life, Woodville's death was marked by passion and wildness - he died at the age of 30 from a morphine overdose.
His son Richard Caton Woodville junior, who also studied in Düsseldorf, became almost even better known. However, he went his own artistic way and made a name for himself as a battle painter.
The American painter Richard Caton Woodville pursued his great passion, painting and drawing, at an early age. As the scion of a wealthy family, he was able to live out his talent without financial pressure. He could not let go of his passion even during his medical studies at the University of Maryland, which may well have led him to decide not to pursue his desired career as a doctor. Instead, at the age of 20, he went to Düsseldorf together with his wife Mary, whom he had married the year before. There he first attended the art academy, but - he could afford it - soon took private lessons with Karl Ferdinand Sohn. His opulent works, in which he took up themes from ancient mythology, were already very popular during his lifetime and later he was appointed director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
The world of antiquity, however, was less to Woodville's taste. He was much more attracted to the caricature painting Johann Peter Hasenclevers, with which he had become famous during his time in Düsseldorf. Hasenclever is considered one of the most important German painters of the 19th century and co-founder of socio-critical genre painting, whose famous representatives include Carl Spitzweg and Wilhelm Busch. From then on, this kind of ironically viewed snapshot became the subject of Woodville's work. His pictures reflect especially the world of the petty bourgeoisie in the Biedermeier era, which many artists liked to depict satirically and with a slight wink.
In Sohn's studio in the late 1840s, Woodville had met the Düsseldorf architect's daughter Antoinette Marie Schnitzler, who, like him, was an enthusiastic painter. Because of her, his wife left him and went back to America with their three children. A few years later Richard Caton Woodville married his lover Antoinette, with whom he had a daughter. In the following years the artist couple traveled together through Paris and England. Like his life, Woodville's death was marked by passion and wildness - he died at the age of 30 from a morphine overdose.
His son Richard Caton Woodville junior, who also studied in Düsseldorf, became almost even better known. However, he went his own artistic way and made a name for himself as a battle painter.
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.jpg "The Relief of the Light Brigade, 25th October 1854, 1897 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Cavaliers Return, 1847 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Attack on Sir Ralph Abercrombie by the French Dragoons, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, published by Cassell, London, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Matabele War, 1893: Attack on the Laager of Wagons on the Imbembezi River, November 1st, from The Illustrated London News, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
 - (MeisterDrucke-155984).jpg "The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1895 (photogravure) by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Turkic-Bashkir Cossack archers harried and hounded the retreat of Napoleon")
.jpg "Dampier Examining a Boomerang in Australia, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The First Sino-Japanese War, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "British taking possession of Aden, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Edward the Confessor Crowned at Winchester, 1043, from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1920 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The herb of Peace in the trenches of War, 1914-19 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-73725).jpg "Napoleon I with his Old Guard at Waterloo, engraved by Jules Jacquet (1841-1913) by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Waiting for the Stage, 1851 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Gibraltar, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Captain Cook landing in Tasmania, 1777, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Battle of Towton in 1461, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "In the Row, Hyde Park by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Visit of the Prince of Wales to India, 1876: The Princes Elephant Charged by a Tiger in the Nepaul Terai, February 21st, from The Illustrated London News, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Homage, the Largesse and the General Pardon at the Coronation of James I and Anne of Denmark, July 25th, 1603, from The Illustrated London News, 1902 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Battle of Blenheim: storming the village, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Before the battle: A Russian prayer for success, illustration fromCassells History of the Russo-Japanese War Vol 1, c.1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The British in Natal in 1824, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Last Shot in the Soudan, from The Illustrated London News, 20th June 1885 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Seaforth Highlanders storming the zareba at the Battle of Atbara, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century Vol. V: Campaigns of the Nineties, by A. Hilliard Atteridge by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Convicts on their way to Botany Bay by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The surrender of Rangoon to the British, 1824, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Battle of Alma by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The cession of Hong Kong to the British, 1841, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Irish Land League Agitation: Scots Greys charging the mob at Limerick, illustration from The Illustrated London News, October 29th 1881 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "A Bengal Lancer and his Boxer captive, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century: Vol. VII, The Chinese War of 1900-1901 by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Hyder Ali at Conjeveram in 1780, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "British artillery getting into position at the Battle of Mons, from The Great War The Amalgamated Press Limited, 1914 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "All that was left of them by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Oration of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Coronation of John, Ascension Day, May 27th, 1199, from The Illustrated London News, 1902 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "A Cossack station in Manchuria with tribal signs over the mens huts, illustration fromCassells History of the Russo-Japanese War Vol 1, c.1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "A cossack of the line, illustration fromCassells History of the Russo-Japanese War Vol 1, c.1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Sir George Simpson in Vancouver Island, 1855, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Attack on the House of Sir Alexander Burnes, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Fire! by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Captain Cook approaching New Zealand, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Card Players, 1846 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Battle of Malplaquet, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Squires Ball by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Russo-Japanese War: a hand-to-hand struggle in the earthworks at Port Arthur by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Sir Eyre Coote at Cuddalore, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Scaling of the Heights of Abraham by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Nawabs artillery at Plassey, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Clearing the kopjes at Rustenburg by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Devils Own, 1908 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Lord Kitcheners Conquest of the Soudan, 1896-98 - Mahmoud, the Khalifas Chief Lieutenant, taken Captive after the Battle of Atbara, from The Illustrated London News, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Cretan Rebellion Against the Turks, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Fix Bayonets! In the Trenches at Ladysmith, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. VI: The Boer War of 1899-1900 by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths (colo by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "British troops entering Singapore, 1824, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The surrender of Mauritius Isle to the British in 1810, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Boxer Movement, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The first V.C. won by a Territorial: Second Lieutenant G.H. Woolleys heroic defence of Hill 60 with a handful of men, 1914-19 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Battle of Salamanca, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Field Artillery coming into action, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. VI: The Boer War of 1899-1900 by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths by Richard Caton Woodville")
_Entry_into_Pretoria_on_5th_June_1900_-_(MeisterDrucke-317464).jpg "Lord Roberts (1832-1914) Entry into Pretoria on 5th June 1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Yeomans last ride, illustration fromAfter Pretoria: The Guerilla War, 1902 by Richard Caton Woodville")
![The Fencing Lesson [recto] by Richard Caton Woodville](/kunstwerke/300px/Richard_Caton_Woodville_-_The_Fencing_Lesson_recto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1220726).jpg "The Fencing Lesson [recto] by Richard Caton Woodville")
![The Fencing Lesson [recto] by Richard Caton Woodville](/kunstwerke/400w/Richard_Caton_Woodville_-_The_Fencing_Lesson_recto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1220726).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-279745).jpg "The Sailors Wedding, 1852 (oil on fabric) by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Waiting for the Stage by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Ramillies: Marlborough leading the cavalry into action, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "British forces marching into Cape Town, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Mahsameh, scene in the Egyptian War of 1882, engraved by W.J. Palmer by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Bear baiting in Saxon times, from Hutchisons Story of the British Nation, c.1920 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Politics in an Oyster House by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Politics in an Oyster House by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Coronation procession of Edward VI through London by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Taking of Badajoz, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, published by Cassell, London, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Vespasian rescued by his son Titus, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-377960).jpg "The Fencing Lesson, c.1847-49 (graphite on wove paper) by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Boxer Movement, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Battle of Quebec, 1759, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Last Shot at Colenso by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Russian Cossack Artillery engaging the Chinese outside Peking, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century: Vol. VII, The Chinese War of 1900-1901 by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major A by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Capture of Ping Yang, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "After the Battle of Oudenarde, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Scene from the Battle of Haelen where the Belgian troops defeated the invaders, from The Great War The Amalgamated Press Limited, 1914 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Waiting for the Stage, 1851. by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Battle of Colenso: the loss of our guns, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. VI: The Boer War of 1899-1900 by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths (litho by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Peter the Great watching the procedure of the House of Lords by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The Landing of the British Troops in Aboukir Bay, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, published by Cassell, London, c.1910 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Elevation of Edward the Elder at His Coronation at Kingston-on-Thames, Whitsunday, from The Illustrated London News, 1902 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Evening fete for the benefit of the London Hospitals - the Princess of Wales selling flowers by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Evening fete for the benefit of the London Hospitals - Music in the gardens by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Anointing of Edward the Martyr at his Coronation by St. Dunstan at Kingston-on-Thames, from The Illustrated London News, 1902 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Native road menders, from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War published by Harmsworth Bros Limited, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Yeomanry attacking De Wets rearguard and transport, from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War published by Harmsworth Bros Limited, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "At grips with the foe: House to house fighting at Ypres, from History of the Great War Vol 3 published by Waverley Book Co Limited, c.1920 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Japanese cavalry encampment at Seoul: Farriers at work, illustration fromCassells History of the Russo-Japanese War Vol 1, c.1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Admiral Togo in the Conning Tower of his flagship, directing a naval action, illustration fromCassells History of the Russo-Japanese War Vol 1, c.1900 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "Candahar: The 92nd Highlanders and the 2nd Gurkhas Storming Gaudi Mullah Sahibdad, from The Illustrated London News, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "Caught in barbed wire entanglements: Night attack by British infantry, from History of the Great War Vol 3 published by Waverley Book Co Limited, c.1920 by Richard Caton Woodville")
.jpg "The Cession of Hong Kong to the British in 1841 by Richard Caton Woodville")
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.jpg "The gross of the Bulgarian column made a dashing assault upon the town, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths by Richard Caton Woodville")
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