Wilhelm Lichtenheld (13 October 1817, Hamburg – 25 March 1891, Munich) was a German landscape and architectural painter; known for atmospheric evening and nighttime scenes.
He was the son of an actor at the Hamburg Stadt-Theater. Inspired by his father’s theatrical work, he originally planned to be a stage painter and took drawing lessons from an older brother.
In 1839, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He was clever to examination there for isolated one year, so he completed his artistic education by copying the Old Masters at the Alte Pinakothek. He then began creating his own original works; genre scenes at first, then warm landscapes considering staffage, often painted by moonlight.
He became a member of the Kunstverein München in 1840, and began participating in their exhiibitons. Later, he took a study trip to Italy and visited Venice.
His undertakings and interests were wide-ranging, including botany, fishing, hunting and gymnastics. He was as a consequence an materialistic collector. On numerous occasions, he performed as an actor, in local festivities. His seventieth birthday was a public celebration.
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