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Gustav Bauernfeind 4 September , Sulz am Neckar - 24 December , Jerusalem was a German painter, illustrator and architect of partly Jewish origin.

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He is considered to be one of the most notable Orientalist painters of Germany. In his earlier paintings, Bauernfeind focused on local views of Germany, as well as motifs from Italy. During his journey to the Levant from to , he became interested in the Orient and repeated his travels again and again. In he moved with his wife and son all the way to Palestine and subsequently settled in Jerusalem in He also lived and worked in Lebanon and Syria.

His work is characterized primarily by architectural views of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The paintings of Bauernfeind are mostly meticulously crafted, intricately composed and almost photographically accurate cityscapes and images of known sanctuaries in oil. In addition, he produced landscape scenes and watercolours. During his lifetime he was the most popular Orientalist painter of Germany, but soon fell into oblivion after his death.

However, since the early s, Bauernfeind was gradually rediscovered, with his paintings appearing at auctions with high prices. In , another oil painting of Bauernfeind, The Port of Jaffa, was sold at the Van Ham Kunstauktionen in Cologne for 1,, DM, thus becoming the most expensive 19th-century painting ever sold in Germany. At his birthplace in Sulz am Neckar, the life and work of the painter is commemorated by the Gustav Bauernfeind Museum with a large permanent exhibition.

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