However, as early as 1876, at the annual exhibition in the Vienna Künstlerhaus Achenbach showed an oil study and also showed his works at the "Sketches and Studies Exhibition" at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Exponate in 1889.
Oswald Achenbach je umrl v Düsseldorfu 1. februarja 1905, dan pred svojim oseminsedemdesetim rojstnim dnevom.