Background
Hübner was born at Oels in Silesia, studied at the Academy School in Berlin and under Schadow there and in Düsseldorf.
painter university professor poet
Hübner was born at Oels in Silesia, studied at the Academy School in Berlin and under Schadow there and in Düsseldorf.
He first attracted attention by his picture of "Ruth and Boaz" (1825). He traveled in Italy and resided for the most part at Düsseldorf until 1839. In that year he settled at Dresden, becoming a professor in the Academy of Arts in 1841 and director of the of Paintings in 1871.
He died in Loschwitz.