Karl Hübner

Who was Karl Hübner?

Karl Wilhelm Hübner was a German genre painter. He was born at Königsberg, and was a pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy.

Hübner's works were especially popular in the Netherlands and in North America, where he was received with enthusiasm in 1874. His genre subjects include:

"The Silesian Weavers"

"The Sleeping Wood Thief"

"The Abandoned"

"The Seizure for Debt", Königsberg Museum

"The Sinner at the Church Door", National Gallery, Berlin

"Consolation in Prayer", Düsseldorf Gallery

"The Recovery", Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts