Andreas Staub (17 October 1806 – 5 April 1839) was an

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watercolour painter and

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. Staub was born in Markirch in

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and committed suicide in

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at the age of 32. Of his life little is known. He entered the

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at the age of 19 and shortly thereafter was exhibiting his watercolours. Around 1835 he produced a series of lithographs of famous personalities, such as the pianist

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, the actress Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn, the diplomat Bartholomäus von Stürmer, the poet

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, and the hydrotherapist Vincenz Prießnitz. His most famous such portrait was that of composer

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(née Wieck), which appeared on the 100 Deutschmark note between 1990 and 2001.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staub, Andreas 1806 births 1839 deaths Austrian watercolourists Austrian lithographers 19th-century Austrian painters Painters from Alsace People from Haut-Rhin