Leopold Fertbauer, born in 1802 in Vienna, the son of a watchmaker. From 1816 to 1820 he studied landscape and history painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In the annual Academy exhibitions, he appears regularly in the years 1822-1835. Already in 1836 the management of the collection of the Princes of Liechtenstein is transferred to him and at his retirement after twenty-six years of service in 1862, he is entitled "princely Liechtenstein Gallery Directions-Großadjunct".

Fertbauers oeuvre is characterized by mostly small portraits. Especially in these intimate portraits, he describes in excellent manner the bourgeoisie of Vienna in their need for representation during the Biedermeier period.

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