Who is the German artist that painted the 1878 oil-on-canvas artwork "Prometheus Bound"?

Christian Griepenkerl (March 1839 – March 1912) was a German painter and professor, best known for rejecting Adolf Hitler's application to train at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 1878 he painted the oil-on-canvas artwork "Prometheus Bound".

Prometheus, a Titan in Greek mythology, is the deity in Greek mythology who was the creator of mankind. As its greatest benefactor, he gave mankind fire stolen from Mount Olympus. Prometheus sided with Zeus and the ascending Olympian gods in their cosmological struggle against Cronus (Kronos) and other Titans. Prometheus was on the conquering side of the cataclysmic war of the Greek gods, the Titanomachy, where Zeus and the Olympian gods defeated Cronus (other Titans).

The intensive growth and expansion of Greek literature/philosophy from the classical Athenian period has greatly affected the interpretation and influence which the myth of Prometheus has exerted upon mankind. Artwork by Griepenkerl and others surely represent good examples. Also, it's clear that Prometheus' myth has truly influenced large portions of the greater Western literary tradition for over two millennia.

During and after the Renaissance, Prometheus emerged. He was a major inspiration of literary and poetic significance; he was again a symbol/archetype to inspire new generations of artists, sculptors, poets, musicians, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, and others. The influence of Prometheus' myth now extends well into the 21st century.