Marie Müller Bildnis August von Pettenkofen

August von Pettenkofen (10 May 182221 March 1889) was an

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n painter.

Biography

Pettenkofen was born in

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; his father was a merchant and landowner. He grew up on his father's estate in Galitzia. After his father's death, he grew up with the family of his cousin Ferdinand von Saar in Vienna. In 1834, giving up a military career, he became a student at the

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, where he studied with

Leopold Kupelwieser Leopold Kupelwieser (17 October 1796, Markt Piesting – 17 November 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, often associated with the Nazarene movement. Life He was the son of Johann Baptist Georg Kilian Kupelwieser (1760–1813), co-owner of ...

and

Franz Eybl Franz Eybl (1 April 1806 – 29 April 1880) was an Austrian painter. Life Eybl was born in the Viennese suburb of Gumpendorf at Große Steingasse 136 (today Stumpergasse 55). By 1816, at the age of ten, he had already entered the Academy of Fine ...

. At this time, he painted

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works in typical Biedermeier style. During the

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, he became a military painter in the style of Carl Schindler. While performing his duties, he spent some time in

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, Hungary; an area which left a great impression on him and led to his style becoming more picturesque. In 1852, he went to Paris and came under the influence of the

Barbizon school The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name ...

. His paintings are recognized for the sincerity with which the artist depicts the uneventful melancholy life of Hungarian

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s and

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, without any theatrical pathos or forced humour. He was admitted as a member of the Vienna Academy in 1866 and, in 1872, became an honorary member of the

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. In 1876, he was knighted. Between 1870 and 1880, he took annual trips to Venice. He died at the "Sanatorium Loew" in Vienna in 1889. That same year, a street in

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was named after him. In 1893, he was buried in a ''grave of honor'' (german: Ehrengrab), designed by

Viktor Tilgner Viktor Oskar Tilgner (25 October 1844 in Pressburg – 16 April 1896 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor and medailleur. Life He was the son of Captain Carl Tilgner. The family moved to Vienna when he was a child. His talent was recogniz ...

, at the

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Selected paintings

File:August von Pettenkofen - Ein Mädchen beim Vogelkäfig.jpg, The Birdcage File:August von Pettenkofen - Der Dorfschreiber.jpg, The Village Scribe File:August von Pettenkofen - Kaiser Franz Joseph an der Taborbrücke.jpg,

Emperor Franz Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

at the Taborbrücke File:Pettenkofen Portrait of József Borsos 1840s.jpg, Portrait of József Borsos File:Hungarianhussarpettenkofen.jpg, Hungarian Hussar File:August von Pettenkofen - Gipsy Children - WGA17393.jpg, Gypsy Children

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