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V. Paul (Viktor Paul) Mohn
1842–1911
Best known for his writing on the painter Ludwig Richter, this German artist and illustrator moved easily between making pictures and writing about art. His career linked Dresden and Berlin, and his work reflects the late-Romantic tradition he inherited from the 19th century.
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Ludwig Richter
by V. Paul (Viktor Paul) Mohn
About the author
Born in Meißen in 1842 and dying in Berlin in 1911, Viktor Paul Mohn was a German landscape painter, draughtsman, and illustrator. Reference sources also identify him as an artist and graphic illustrator, and his surviving work shows a strong connection to the German late-Romantic tradition.
Mohn studied at the Dresden Academy and continued his training in the studio of Ludwig Richter, whose influence remained important in his work. Later accounts note that he taught at the Dresden Academy, was appointed a professor there, and then moved to Berlin in the 1880s, where he spent the rest of his career.
For readers, he is especially notable as the author of a book on Ludwig Richter, bringing an artist’s eye to the life and work of another artist. That mix of maker and commentator gives his writing a warm, informed perspective that still makes it useful today.