The New International Encyclopædia/Oehme, Erwin

OEHME, ẽ'me, (1831&mdash;). A German landscape and genre painter, born in Dresden. He was a son and pupil of the landscape painter Ernst F. Oehme (1797-1855), and also pupil of Ludwig Richter and of the Dresden Academy, but formed his style mainly by studying nature on his travels through Germany, Switzerland, France, and England. A fine specimen of his landscapes is the &ldquo;Stone Quarry in Saxon Switzerland&rdquo; (1860, Dresden Gallery). In 1877 he executed in the banquet hall of the Albrechtsburg at Meissen three mural paintings representing the &ldquo;Rape of the Saxon Princes in 1415,&rdquo; and in 1887-89 a picture in heroic size of the &ldquo;Declaration of Venezuela's Independence by Bolivar,&rdquo; for the House of Parliament at Caracas. He also did excellent decorative work, especially in imitation of old Gobelins for several royal palaces.