What is Hugo Schnars-Alquist?
[[File:Hugo Schnars-Alquist 1905.jpg|thumbnail|Hugo Schnars-Alquist at work in 1905.]] '''Carl Wilhelm Hugo Schnars-Alquist''' (October 29, 1855 – August 20, 1939) was a [[Germans|German]] [[painter]] who painted scenes of the [[sea]]. His family were merchants and he started working as a merchant himself. Schnars-Alquist was a [[self-taught]] painter.<ref>City Art Museum of St. Louis, ''Special Exhibition Catalogue'', Series 1912 No. 2 (February 4, 1912), p. 121</ref> In 1886 he was a [[student]] of [[Hans Gude]] at the [[Berlin Art Academy]]. In 1893 he was the German representative for the [[fine arts]] at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]].<ref>''The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893: A Reference Book of Exhibitors and Exhibits, and of the Officers and Members of the World's Columbian Commission''. W.B. Conkey Company, 1893. p. 127.</ref> Schnars-Alquist made many sea [[wikt:voyage|voyage]]s which taught him how to paint the sea at different [[Latitude]]s and from rough sea to calm. He was a member of the [[jury]] at the [[Chicago]] and [[Melbourne]] [[art exhibition]]s.<ref name=Colby552>''The New International Encyclopaedia'', Volume 20, ed. Frank Moore Colby; Talcott Williams (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1918), p. 552</ref> He received a [[Medal|Gold medal]] at Melbourne.<ref name=Colby552/> Schnars-Alquist was a member of the Hamburg Geographical Society.<ref name=Killy46.47>''Dictionary of German Biography'', ed. Walther Killy (Munich: K.G. Saur, 2005), pp. 46–47</ref> He also belonged to the Institute for Maritime Studies at the [[University of Berlin]].<ref name=Killy46.47/> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category inline|Hugo Schnars-Alquist}}<br> [http://www.askart.com/artist/Carl%20Wilhelm%20Hugo%20SchnarsAlquist/11068749/Carl%20Wilhelm%20Hugo%20SchnarsAlquist.aspx Hugo Schnars-Alquist (1855 - 1939)] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schnars-Alquist, Hugo}} [[Category:1855 births]] [[Category:1939 deaths]] [[Category: