ARTIST

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

1793–1865 · Austrian Empire

Austrian painter who fought the Vienna Academy to champion nature study and plein air painting decades before Impressionism.

ABOUT

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian German: [ˈfɛrdinand ˈɡeːɔrɡ ˈvaldmʏlɐ] ; 15 January 1793 – 23 August 1865) was an Austrian painter. Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. == Career == In 1807, Waldmüller attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He lived in Pressburg, Hungary and, in 1811, he worked as a teacher of arts for the children of Count Gyulay in Croatia. He returned to the Academy of Vienna and studied portrait pa…

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NOTABLE WORKS
man with writing plate 1817 · Führermuseum Philippine Böhmer, Hofrätin Lötsch (Girl with Strawhat) 1817 · Belvedere Girl with flowers 1817 · Führermuseum maid with snake 1817 · Führermuseum Man with book 1817 · Führermuseum Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 1818
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