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1811 Vienna, Austria - 1901 Chelsea, London, England. Known for: Romantic wilderness landscape painting, mining scenes.
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene... Read full biography
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene von Guerard. Born in Vienna, von Guerard toured Italy with his father (a painter of miniatures at the... Read full biography
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene von Guerard. Born in Vienna, von Guerard toured Italy with his father (a painter of miniatures at the court of Emperor Francis I of Austria) from 1826, and between 1830 and 1832 resided in Rome, where he became involved with the Nazarenes, a group of German expatriate* artists. From 1849 to 1854 he... Read full biography
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene von Guerard. Born in Vienna, von Guerard toured Italy with his father (a painter of miniatures at the court of Emperor Francis I of Austria) from 1826, and between 1830 and 1832 resided in Rome, where he became involved with the Nazarenes, a group of German expatriate* artists. From 1849 to 1854 he studied landscape painting at the Düsseldorf Academy*, and traveled widely. Von Guerard's personal artistic style was formed by the heritage of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and Salvator Rosa, while at the Düsseldorf Academy he was inspired by the... Read full biography
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene von Guerard. Born in Vienna, von Guerard toured Italy with his father (a painter of miniatures at the court of Emperor Francis I of Austria) from 1826, and between 1830 and 1832 resided in Rome, where he became involved with the Nazarenes, a group of German expatriate* artists. From 1849 to 1854 he studied landscape painting at the Düsseldorf Academy*, and traveled widely. Von Guerard's personal artistic style was formed by the heritage of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and Salvator Rosa, while at the Düsseldorf Academy he was inspired by the German Romantic* landscape tradition exemplified by the art of Caspar David Friedrich, which, like the Nazarenes, attempted to link... Read full biography
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Eugene Von Guerard, Johann Joseph Eugene Von Guerard
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Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist, active in Australia from 1852 until 1882. In Australia, this artist is usually referred to as Eugene von Guerard.
Born in Vienna, von Guerard toured Italy with his father (a painter of miniatures at the court of Emperor Francis I of Austria) from 1826, and between 1830 and 1832 resided in Rome, where he became involved with the Nazarenes, a group of German expatriate* artists. From 1849 to 1854 he studied landscape painting at the Düsseldorf Academy*, and traveled widely.
Von Guerard's personal artistic style was formed by the heritage of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and Salvator Rosa, while at the Düsseldorf Academy he wa...But wait, there's more...
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