August Fink
(1846 - 1916)

August Fink, also August Finck was a German landscape painter and art teacher.
August Fink trained as a merchant, came to the United States in 1859 and worked there as a merchant until 1866. He then studied private painting with Adolf Stademann, Eduard Schleich the Elder and from 1872 with Adolf Lier, later with Josef Wenglein.
From 1878 he worked in Munich as a freelance artist. From 1874 he took part in exhibitions in Munich, Berlin and Nuremberg. In 1889 he was appointed professor at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich. He was an honorary member of the Munich Academy. In 1905 he received a gold medal at the annual exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace.
He mainly painted landscapes from the area around Dachau. He also created ceiling paintings with hunting scenes in Herrenchiemsee Palace.

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Shepherd with his Flock in the Evening Light
By 1916
Oil on canvas
71 × 104  cm
Private collection