​RICHTER, ADRIAN LUDWIG (1803–1884), German painterand etcher, was born at Dresden in 1803, the son of the engraverKarl August Richter, from whom he received his training; buthe was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. Hewas the most popular, and in many ways the most typicalGerman illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. His workis as typically German and homely as are the fairy-tales ofGrimm. Richter visited Italy from 1823–26, and his “Thunderstormin the Sabine Mountains” at the Staedel Institute inFrankfort is one of the rare Italian subjects from his brush. In1828 he worked as designer for the Meissen factory, and in 1841he became professor and head of the landscape atelier at theDresden Academy. The Dresden Gallery owns one of his bestand most characteristic paintings in the “Bridal Procession ina Spring Landscape.” He died at Loschwitz near Dresdenin 1884.