Ascan Lutteroth (5 October 1842, Hamburg - 2 February 1923, Hamburg) was a German landscape painter; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule.
His grandfather, Ascan Wilhelm LutterothHamburg Parliament as a Senator.. His father, Christian Alexander Ascan Lutteroth (1812-1867), was a prominent banker. From 1861, he studied with Alexandre Calame in Geneva then, from 1864 to 1867, with Oswald Achenbach at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
, was a merchant and served in theHe lived in Italy from 1868 to 1870, mostly on Capri, then moved to Berlin. In 1872, he married Elisabeth Warnecke (1851-1932), the daughter of Johann Conrad Warnecke , a merchant and politician like his grandfather. He returned to Hamburg in 1877, where he was awarded a commission to paint three large pictures for the Town Hall.
In 1879, he paid a lengthy visit to San Remo. While there, he served as a tutor for Crown Princess Victoria, who was an amateur painter. Most of his best known earlier landscapes are of Italy.
In 1890, Kaiser Wilhelm II named him a Professor. After that, he confined his painting to the area around Hamburg. Until 1909, he was Chairman of the Hamburger Künstlerverein .
He was represented at numerous international exhibitions. His works were acquired by the National Gallery (Berlin) and the Rudolfinum in Prague, but are not currently on display; placed in storage in favor of more modern works. They may still be seen at the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Museumsberg Flensburg , among other smaller venues. In 2019, his works were part of an exhibit at the Kunsthalle: Hamburger Schule – Das 19. Jahrhundert neu entdeckt (The 19th Century rediscovered).
He is interred at his family's gravesite at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof.