August Friedrich Schenck

August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (23 April 1828 – 1 January 1901) was an painter who was born in Glückstadt in Holstein, now in Germany but then in Denmark. He lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was both French and German by nationality. Schenck was a pupil of Léon Cogniet in France. He became well known for his landscapes and paintings of animals. His ...