Hans von Marées, a painter of the…

Hans von Marées, a painter of the so-called Idealist school in Germany, dies in Rome at fofty-nine on June 5, 1887 a disappointed and practically unknown man.

Marées had gone at fifteen from his native Elberfeld to Berlin, where he studied for two years.

For the next eight years he had worked chiefly in Munich, coming under the influence of the historical school, and in 1864 had gone to Italy.

In 1869, he had visited France, the Netherlands and Spain.

After serving in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), he had lived in Berlin and Dresden for a while.

In 1873, he had received his most important commission, the painting of frescoes in the library of the newly built zoological museum at Naples.

The next year, he had moved to Florence.

Although ambitious, Marées lacks self-confidence and had ceased to exhibit his work in the latter part of his life.