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Gustavus Behne
A Life Between Two Worlds Born in the Prussian lands of Nordhause, Gustavus Behne carried with him the disciplined spirit of the German academies. His early years were shaped by the rigorous training found at the Dusseldorf Academy, a place where the foundations of form and light were etched into his understanding of the brush. This education provided him with the technical vocabulary to later navigate much different landscapes, both ph
ysical and artistic. The path of this painter was one of movement and migration. He eventually crossed the Atlantic, seeking new horizons in the United States. His early American years saw him settling in Reading, Pennsylvania, a period that allowed his German training to meet the varied subjects of the New World. It is said that during his time in Philadelphia, he may have walked the same paths as other great masters, absorbing the qu…