# Richard Sohn

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{{short description|German painter (1834–1912)}}

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thumb|Richard Sohn by G. & A. Overbeck (firm), c. 1868
thumb|215px|The Future Emigrant to<br /> New York (1876)
'''Paul Eduard Richard Sohn''' (11 November 1834, [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf) – 9 March 1912, Düsseldorf) was a German [genre](/source/Genre_art) painter. His younger brother, [Karl Rudolf](/source/Karl_Rudolf_Sohn), was also a well known painter.

== Biography ==
He was born to the artist, [Karl Ferdinand Sohn](/source/Karl_Ferdinand_Sohn), and his wife Emilie Auguste née Von Mülmann (1805-1884); a sister of the government councillor, {{ill|Otto von Mülmann|de}}.
In 1851, he completed his public school education at the "Städtischen [Realschule](/source/Realschule)" (now the "{{ill|Humboldt-Gymnasium Düsseldorf|de}}"). 

His first artistic studies were with his father. He then enrolled at the [Kunstakademie Düsseldorf](/source/Kunstakademie_D%C3%BCsseldorf), where he studied with [Rudolf Wiegmann](/source/Rudolf_Wiegmann), [Heinrich Mücke](/source/Heinrich_M%C3%BCcke), and {{ill|Karl Josef Ignatz Mosler|de}}. After 1855, he attended the master classes taught by [Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Schadow). From 1860 to 1862, he took private lessons from [Rudolf Jordan](/source/Rudolf_Jordan_(painter)),<ref>[http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=67199 Excerpt from the ''Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon''] @ Retro-Bibliothek.</ref> who was married to his mother's youngest sister, Sophie.

In 1867, he made a study trip to Paris. He was also influenced by the work of his cousin,  [Wilhelm Sohn](/source/Wilhelm_Sohn), although he remained generally true to the styles of the [Düsseldorf school of painting](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf_school_of_painting). His works sold very well in the United States. Beginning in the 1870s, he also painted the occasional portrait; including one of Kaiser [Wilhelm I](/source/Wilhelm_I_of_Germany). He was also a member of the progressive artists' group, [Malkasten](/source/Malkasten), and served as their librarian.<ref>[http://booksnow1.scholarsportal.info/ebooks/oca4/32/zurgeschichteder00schauoft/zurgeschichteder00schauoft.pdf Friedrich Schaarschmidt: ''Geschichte der Düsseldorfer Bildenden Kunst, insbesondere im XIX. Jahrhundert''], Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1902, pg.265</ref> 

Described by his sister-in-law, [Else Sohn-Rethel](/source/Else_Sohn-Rethel), as "quiet and inconspicuous", he never married and, after 1870, lived with his mother. Following her death in 1884, he moved to a modest home of his own and opened a studio nearby.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Hans Paffrath (Ed.): ''Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819–1918.'' Vol.3: ''Nabert–Zwecker,'' Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and the Galerie Paffrath. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, {{ISBN|3-7654-3011-0}}, pg.299f
* Sabine Schroyen: ''Quellen zur Geschichte des Künstlervereins Malkasten''. Archivhefte 24, Rheinland-Verlag, 1992, {{ISBN|3-7927-1293-8}}, pg.264
* Siegfried Weiß: "Sohn, Richard", In ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online''. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur, 2009

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