The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Oehme, Ernst Erwin

OEHME, ė'mĕ, Ernst Erwin, German painter: b. Dresden, 18 Sept. 1831; d. 1914;

son and pupil of Ernst Friedrich Oehme, the landscape painter. He attended the Dresden Academy of Art, and for a short time worked under Ludwig Richter; after which he made an artistic tour through Germany, Switzerland, England and France. He painted, in oils and water-colors, landscapes, architectural views, genre and portraits. The Court Theatre at Dresden was decorated by him; a series of tapestries was also painted by him in water-color, in imitation of Gobelin tapestry. His &lsquo;Stone Quarry in Saxony&rsquo; (1860) is in the Dresden Gallery; and he executed for Queen Carola of Saxony a collection of views of Compiègne. The most important of his remaining pictures include &lsquo;Funeral in Spreewald&rsquo;; &lsquo;Bear Hunt&rsquo; (in water-colors); &lsquo;The Valley of Montafont.&rsquo;