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Franz von Defregger BIOGRAPHY
1835 Stronach, Germany - 1921 Munich, Germany. Known for: Peasant genre, history and narrative painting.
The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:. Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he... Read full biography
The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:. Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he was taken on as a student by Carl von Piloty. Starting 1878 he was professor at the academy in... Read full biography
The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:. Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he was taken on as a student by Carl von Piloty. Starting 1878 he was professor at the academy in Munich. Defregger transformed Piloty's realistic style of history painting into one which was more genre-like. Thematically he showed a preference for tyrolese history, most especially scenes of farm and... Read full biography
The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:. Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he was taken on as a student by Carl von Piloty. Starting 1878 he was professor at the academy in Munich. Defregger transformed Piloty's realistic style of history painting into one which was more genre-like. Thematically he showed a preference for tyrolese history, most especially scenes of farm and country life as well as from the fight for independence in Tyrol in 1809. In the 1880's his paintings slipped into a more folksy-narrative style. Born on April 30, 1835 in Stronach, Tyrol, he died on January 2, 1921 in Munich. Source:. Neue Pinakothek... Read full biography
The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:. Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he was taken on as a student by Carl von Piloty. Starting 1878 he was professor at the academy in Munich. Defregger transformed Piloty's realistic style of history painting into one which was more genre-like. Thematically he showed a preference for tyrolese history, most especially scenes of farm and country life as well as from the fight for independence in Tyrol in 1809. In the 1880's his paintings slipped into a more folksy-narrative style. Born on April 30, 1835 in Stronach, Tyrol, he died on January 2, 1921 in Munich. Source:. Neue Pinakothek Sammlung (Munich). Kunstareal Information... Read full biography
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The following information was compiled and submitted by Ed Horan:
Defregger started his art career somewhat later in his life, beginning his training as a painter and that was in 1861. In Munich he was taken on as a student by Carl von Piloty. Starting 1878 he was professor at the academy in Munich. Defregger transformed Piloty's realistic style of history painting into one which was more genre-like. Thematically he showed a preference for tyrolese history, most especially scenes of farm and country life as well as from the fight for independence in Tyrol in 1809. In the 1880's his paintings slipped into a more folksy-narrative style.
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