Friedrich Wilhelm L'Allemand, known as Fritz (24 May 1812,

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- 20 September 1866,

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) was an Austrian history painter.

Biography

He came from a family of artists. His grandfather, Konrad Marcus Christian L'Allemand (1752-1830) was a well known engraver, as was his father, Siegmund Wilhelm Christoph L'Allemand (1774–1856). His eldest brother, worked as a

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and

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. His other brother, Thaddäus (1810–1872) was an engraver in Vienna. In 1826, his family moved to Vienna, where he attended school. From 1827, he studied at the

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with

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and

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. He received support from the history painter, Johann Peter Krafft, who was also originally from Hanau. He had his first public showing in 1835, and worked in the studios of

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until 1838. In 1848, he became an advising member of the Academy. He married Maria Anna Brunner in 1849. They had two sons who died as children. In 1861, he joined the

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. At first, he focused on portraits and

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scenes, but later turned to painting battles; some generic, some historic. Over time, he favored motifs from the

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(1809), the Austrian Revolutions (1848), and the

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(1864). These scenes found an enthusiastic patron in Kaiser

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. He also illustrated books of military uniforms. His nephew,

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, was a military painter as well, and received some of his first lessons from him. Many of his works are in the

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. Some may be seen at

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Sources

* * * Karl Siebert: "Hanauer Biographien aus drei Jahrhunderten", In: ''Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844'', 1919, pp.116–118 * *

External links

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