Friedrich August Brand (20 December 1735 – 9 October 1806) was an

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n painter. The son of Christian Hülfgott Brand, he was born at

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. He was a member of the Imperial Academy, and died at Vienna in 1806. He painted several historical subjects and landscapes, which are favourably spoken of by the German authors, and

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and with the graver, in the use of which he was instructed by Schmutzer. His known works include the following: *''The Breakfast''; after Torenvliet *''A View near Nuisdorf'' *''View of the Garden of Schoenbrunn'' *''Banditti attacking a Carriage'' *''The Entrance to the Town of Crems'' Among his students was the long-standing professor of landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,

Joseph Mössmer Joseph Mössmer (20 May 1780 – 22 June 1845) was an Austrian painter and instructor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Born in Vienna, he began his artistic training in 1796 under Friedrich August Brand Friedrich August Brand (20 December 1 ...

.Viennese Watercolors of the Nineteenth Century, Walter Koschatzky, 1988, page 34

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