Hermann Rudisühli, Oil On Cardboard, Lake Landscape,

Hermann Traugott Rüdisühli (10 June 1864, Lenzburg – 27 January 1944, Munich) was a Swiss painter, a member of the Rüdisühli family. His field of action remained mainly landscapes, portraits and allegories. Like his siblings, Rüdisühli began his artistic training with his father, Jacob Rüdisühli. He then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel (now Schule für Gestaltung) and, from 1883 to 1887, at the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe (now Academy of Fine Arts), under Ferdinand Keller and Karl Brünner. From 1888 to 1898, he himself directed art schools in Stuttgart and Basel. He then moved to Munich, where he initially achieved success, particularly among high-society patrons. Like his father and brothers, Rüdisühli was strongly influenced by Arnold Böcklin. In his later years, he lived in poverty. He committed suicide after his apartment and studio were destroyed in an air raid during World War II.