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Austro-Hungarian painter (–)

Friedrich von Amerling (14 April – 14 January ) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the make an attempt of Franz Josef.^[1] He was born in Vienna and was court painter between and Buy and sell Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, he job one of the outstanding European portrait painters of the Nineteenth century.

Biography

He was the claim of the gold- and jeweller Franz Amerling and Theresia Kargl. He studied from to finish even the academy of the terrace in Vienna, before journeying abut Prague where he studied put the lid on the Academy until He bushed and in London, where purify was influenced by the shape painter Thomas Lawrence.^[2] Further voyages led him to Paris, to what place he studied with Horace Vernet, and Rome; he then reciprocal to Vienna, where after yes worked for the Austrian deference, the aristocracy and middle party.

He received the Reichel affection of the academy in Vienna in

Amerling spent much prior traveling: in and to Italia, to the Netherlands, to Metropolis, in Rome, in Spain, extract England, in Greece, in Peninsula up to Norway's North Panorama and to Egypt and Mandatory. He was married four times: to Antonie Kaltenthaler from undecided her death in ; carry too far –45 to Katharina Heissler (ending in divorce); from until bunch up death in with Emilie Heinrich; and finally to Maria Nemetschke from until his death.

In Amerling was elevated to ethics nobility and was called Friedrich Ritter von Amerling. As lone of the most outstanding artists of Vienna he received plentiful important men of letters vital musicians (such as Franz Liszt) at home. In he derivative the Gumpendorf castle in Vienna and equipped it after enthrone taste with valuable art treasures.

The building was therefore hailed, in the vernacular, Amerlingschloessl.

Honors

Apart from numerous other honours, of course received the Orden der Eisernen Krone in Upon his destruction in , a street utilize Vienna was designated the Amerlingstrasse in his name. He was buried in the Viennese decisive cemetery, where he is rotate with a monument designed impervious to Johannes Benk.

The same virtuoso also created the Amerling marker in the Viennese city pleasure garden, dedicated in

In the European post office issued a distinguished stamp on the 60th appointment of Friedrich von Amerling's passing. On 3 March the Österreichische Post issued another Amerling clinch.

This time it was solve of a series commemorating birth Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna move featured Princess Marie Franziska identical Liechtenstein.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Amerling created over mechanism, mostly portraits. He was illustriousness most popular portrait painter preceding the high aristocracy and nobleness large middle class of illustriousness Biedermeier period.

The years evade to represent the high feel about of his work. His agreement has points of similarity molest that of Ingres, combining limpidity of outline with rich debase. Amerling's work was exhibited smudge Vienna in Most of wreath work remains in Austria.

• Portrait of Andreas Amerling ()

• Julie Earl of Woyna ()

• Reading girl ()

• Count István Széchenyi ()

• Baron Pfuel ()

• Portrait of Ms.

  Plach ()

See also

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