From 1853 to 1863, he painted in Frankfurt, later relocating to Munich, where he eventually became a professor to the Academy (1875).[2] During this period of time, he created paintings from the age of the Protestant Reformation as well as works on other subjects from roughly the same time frame.
Stiftung des Jesuitenordens (Institution of the Order of Jesuits), 1868.
Ulrich von Hutten im Kampf mit französischen Adligen (Ulrich von Hütten fighting French nobles), 1869.[3]
Der junge Luther bei Andreas Proles (The young Luther with Andreas Proles), 1869.
Knox und die schottischen Bilderstürmer (John Knox and the Scottish iconoclast).
Die Ermordung Wilhelms von Oranien (The assassination of William of Orange), 1872.
Sir Walter Raleigh im Tower von Verwandten besucht (Walter Raleigh in the Tower visited by relatives), 1873.[3][5]
Beginning in the mid-1870s, Lindenschmit's works gradually became more luminous in color, being associated with the modern Munich school of painting. A few of these paintings include: