In 1844 and 1847, together with August Leu [de] and Georg Saal, he visited Norway; painting a series of fjordscapes.[2] In 1854, he stayed in London for several weeks to study the museums. His brother, Ernst [de], had been serving there as a librarian and Royal Tutor since 1851. A meeting was arranged with Prince Albert, who purchased Becker's painting "The Jungfrau", as a gift for Queen Victoria. In the years to come, she acquired more paintings and, in 1864, invited him to visit Scotland. In 1869, he paid a brief visit to her estate, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight.
He later toured Hungary (1876) and Romania (1882), where his visit was related to commissions he had received from the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family. While there, he also gave painting lessons to Princess Antonia.
His total oeuvre comprises over 360 paintings, about 80 of which are in England. In October, 2002, a major retrospective of his works was held at the Kunst Archiv Darmstadt [de].
^Rudolf Theilmann: "Die Schülerlisten der Landschafterklassen von Schirmer bis Dücker". In: Wend von Kalnein: Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN3-8053-0409-9, pg.144
^Nadja Putzert: Der Blick nach Norden. Skandinavische Landschaften in der deutschen Malerei von der Mitte des 19. bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Saarbrücken 2008, ISBN978-3-639-43285-5
Further readingedit
"Becker, August", In: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 3: Bassano–Bickham, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1909 (Online)
Becker, August. Hessische Biografie. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Lotte Hoffmann-Kuhnt (Ed.): August Becker (1821–1887). Das Leben eines Landschaftsmalers. Reiseberichte und Briefe, Schwaig, 2001, ISBN3-00-006972-0
Raimond Selke: August Becker (1821–1887): Der Darmstädter Landschaftsmaler aus der Düsseldorfer Schule. Biographie und Werkkatalog, Görres, Koblenz 2005, ISBN3-935690-39-8A View in Glen Derry
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