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Johann Matthias Ranftl BIOGRAPHY
1805 - 1854. Known for: Painting.
(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805. Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends... Read full biography
(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805. Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends with his fellow students Josef Danhauser and Friedrich von Amerling. Ranftl's studies were followed up... Read full biography
(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805. Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends with his fellow students Josef Danhauser and Friedrich von Amerling. Ranftl's studies were followed up by a stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he met Alexander Pushkin and made illustrations for ''Eugene Onegin''. In 1836 he accompanied Prince Paul Esterházy to London and took the opportunity to... Read full biography
(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805. Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends with his fellow students Josef Danhauser and Friedrich von Amerling. Ranftl's studies were followed up by a stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he met Alexander Pushkin and made illustrations for ''Eugene Onegin''. In 1836 he accompanied Prince Paul Esterházy to London and took the opportunity to explore contemporary British painting and graphic arts, especially the works of Edwin Landseer and John Constable. From 1832 onwards, Ranftl increasingly devoted himself to contemporary events in his subjects of choice. In his genre paintings he... Read full biography
(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805. Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends with his fellow students Josef Danhauser and Friedrich von Amerling. Ranftl's studies were followed up by a stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he met Alexander Pushkin and made illustrations for ''Eugene Onegin''. In 1836 he accompanied Prince Paul Esterházy to London and took the opportunity to explore contemporary British painting and graphic arts, especially the works of Edwin Landseer and John Constable. From 1832 onwards, Ranftl increasingly devoted himself to contemporary events in his subjects of choice. In his genre paintings he deals with urban as well as rural topics, sometimes with a sociocritical undertone.... Read full biography
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(Johann) Matthias Ranftl was born in Austria in 1805.
Ranftl completed his studies at the Vienna Academy under Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, Anton Petter and Johann Peter Krafft. He was friends with his fellow students Josef Danhauser and Friedrich von Amerling.
Ranftl's studies were followed up by a stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he met Alexander Pushkin and made illustrations for ''Eugene Onegin''. In 1836 he accompanied Prince Paul Esterházy to London and took the opportunity to explore contemporary British painting and graphic arts, especially the works of Edwin Landseer and John Constable.
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