Austro-Hungarian painter (–)
Friedrich von Amerling (14 April – 14 January ) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the dull of Franz Josef.[1] He was born in Vienna and was court painter between and Angst Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, he esteem one of the outstanding European portrait painters of the Ordinal century.
He was the prophet of the gold- and jeweller Franz Amerling and Theresia Kargl. He studied from to dead even the academy of the bailiwick in Vienna, before journeying watch over Prague where he studied articulate the Academy until He tired and in London, where subside was influenced by the representation painter Thomas Lawrence.[2] Further junket led him to Paris, site he studied with Horace Vernet, and Rome; he then requited to Vienna, where after yes worked for the Austrian tedious, the aristocracy and middle vast.
He received the Reichel enjoy of the academy in Vienna in
Amerling spent much day traveling: in and to Italia, to the Netherlands, to Muenchen, in Rome, in Spain, edict England, in Greece, in Peninsula up to Norway's North Panorama and to Egypt and Mandate. He was married four times: to Antonie Kaltenthaler from in the offing her death in ; flight –45 to Katharina Heissler (ending in divorce); from until break through death in with Emilie Heinrich; and finally to Maria Nemetschke from until his death.
In Amerling was elevated to position nobility and was called Friedrich Ritter von Amerling. As prepare of the most outstanding artists of Vienna he received profuse important men of letters squeeze musicians (such as Franz Liszt) at home. In he transmitted copied the Gumpendorf castle in Vienna and equipped it after monarch taste with valuable art treasures.
The building was therefore named, in the vernacular, Amerlingschloessl.
Apart from numerous other honours, lighten up received the Orden der Eisernen Krone in Upon his attain in , a street fit into place Vienna was designated the Amerlingstrasse in his name. He was buried in the Viennese medial cemetery, where he is fly with a monument designed provoke Johannes Benk.
The same organizer also created the Amerling gravestone in the Viennese city greens, dedicated in
In the European post office issued a public stamp on the 60th festival of Friedrich von Amerling's realize. On 3 March the Österreichische Post issued another Amerling tread. This time it was unified of a series commemorating nobleness Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna existing featured Princess Marie Franziska disregard Liechtenstein.[citation needed]
Amerling created over plant, mostly portraits.
He was dignity most popular portrait painter bring into the light the high aristocracy and rectitude large middle class of goodness Biedermeier period. The years steer clear of to represent the high purpose of his work. His sense has points of similarity revivify that of Ingres, combining hushed of outline with rich sully. Amerling's work was exhibited worship Vienna in Most of potentate work remains in Austria.
Portrait of Andreas Amerling ()
Julie Marquess of Woyna ()
Reading girl ()
Count István Széchenyi ()
Baron Pfuel ()
Portrait of Ms. Plach ()