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Sohn, Carl Ferdinand
(b Berlin, 10 Dec 1805; d Cologne, 25 Nov 1867). German painter. He studied at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, at both under Wilhelm von Schadow. He then travelled (1830–31) in Italy where he adopted the works of the Venetians Titian, Veronese and Palma Vecchio as his lasting models. These studies preceded his assumption, in 1832, of lifelong teaching duties at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. With Rinaldo and Armida (1828: Düsseldorf, Kstmus.), a scene showing the lovers from Torquato Tasso’s verse epic Gerusalemme liberata, Sohn impressed his contemporaries in Düsseldorf by introducing the idealistic and literary style established by Schadow and his followers. The brilliantly colouristic and realistically rendered work reveals Sohn’s talent for depicting dynamic life-sized figures, animated sensuality and cogent gestures.
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