Anton Hartinger studied at the academy with Ignaz Strenzel and Sebastian Wegmayr since 1820. He specialized in pictures of flowers and fruits and won the prestigious first Gundel Prize of the Academy in 1825 and the Füger Prize in 1829. Hartinger endeavored to combine the artistic conception of nature with strictly scientific, botanical painting, which also made the art-loving Archduke Anton aware of him. In five years he painted around 650 folio panels for his private library with representations of all the plants that were newly introduced in Vienna and that had blossomed from nature. In 1836 he became the "corrector" of the flower and fruit school of the Vienna Academy, from 1843 to 1851 he was a member. From around 1845 he worke...