Friedrich Loos was an Austrian Biedermeier style painter,

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and

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. He was born in Graz on 29 October 1797. He studied at the

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Academy with

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 ...

and also went on study tours through the Austrian Alpine regions. From 1835 to 1836 he lived in Vienna, and as of 1846 he sojourned in

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. He then moved to

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, where he worked as a drawing teacher at the university as of 1863 and where he also died on 9 May 1890. In his pictures he emphasized light and color in order to loosen up his

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, as well as to harmonize and unite the details. Friedrich Loos, Der Falkenturm auf dem Mönchsberg

References

* Gsodam: Loos (Joseph) Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p 309 et seq (direct links on S. 309, S. 310). * Friedrich Loos, in: Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer, longing for Arcadia - Schleswig-Holstein artists in Italy, Heath 2009, pp. 228–235.

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View from the Old Castle Road to the Village
19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters Austrian printmakers Austrian etchers Austrian lithographers Art educators Artists from Graz 1797 births 1890 deaths Academic staff of the University of Kiel {{Austria-painter-stub