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1791 Dessau, Germany - 1859 Dessau, Germany. Known for: Drawings and painting of landscape, figures, portraits.
Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement. His father was... Read full biography
Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement. His father was head of the Dessau Pädagogium and his mother was an opera singer. The painters Ferdinand Olivier and... Read full biography
Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement. His father was head of the Dessau Pädagogium and his mother was an opera singer. The painters Ferdinand Olivier and Heinrich Olivier were his brothers. All three received their first art lessons from Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Christian Haldenwang. Friedrich also received instruction from the Court Sculptor Friedemann... Read full biography
Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement. His father was head of the Dessau Pädagogium and his mother was an opera singer. The painters Ferdinand Olivier and Heinrich Olivier were his brothers. All three received their first art lessons from Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Christian Haldenwang. Friedrich also received instruction from the Court Sculptor Friedemann Hunold (1773–1840). After his brothers returned from Paris, they accompanied him on a trip through the Harz mountains, then on to Vienna in 1811, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Shortly after the Freiheitskriege (Wars of... Read full biography
Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement. His father was head of the Dessau Pädagogium and his mother was an opera singer. The painters Ferdinand Olivier and Heinrich Olivier were his brothers. All three received their first art lessons from Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Christian Haldenwang. Friedrich also received instruction from the Court Sculptor Friedemann Hunold (1773–1840). After his brothers returned from Paris, they accompanied him on a trip through the Harz mountains, then on to Vienna in 1811, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Shortly after the Freiheitskriege (Wars of Liberation) began, he joined Theodor Körner and some of his associates, walking from Vienna to Breslau where they joined the Lützow Free Corps. Fo... Read full biography
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Friedrich Olivier, Woldemar Friedrich Von Olivier
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Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier (23 April 1791 in Dessau – 5 September 1859 in Dessau) was a German history painter in the Romantic* style, often associated with the Nazarene movement.
His father was head of the Dessau Pädagogium and his mother was an opera singer. The painters Ferdinand Olivier and Heinrich Olivier were his brothers. All three received their first art lessons from Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Christian Haldenwang. Friedrich also received instruction from the Court Sculptor Friedemann Hunold (1773–1840). After his brothers returned from Paris, they accompanied him on a trip through the Harz mountains, then on to Vienna in 1811, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
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