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Anton Romako
Anton Romako

Anton Romako

Austrian, 1832-1889
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Anton Romako was an Austrian painter.
Anton Romako was born in Atzgersdorf (now a district of Liesing, Vienna), as an illegitimate son of factory owner Josef Lepper and his Czech housemaid Elisabeth Maria Anna Romako (Rhomako, Romakho, née Hromádko [cs]). He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1847–49) but his teacher, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, considered him talentless. Later, he studied in Munich (1849) under Wilhelm Kaulbach, and subsequently in Venice, Rome and London. In the early 1850s he studied privately in Vienna under Carl Rahl, whose style Romako adopted. In 1854 he began travels to Italy and Spain and in 1857 settled in Rome as the favourite portrait, genre, and landscape painter for the local colony of foreigners.

In 1862 Romako married Sophie Köbel, the daughter of architect Karl Köbel, and the pair had five children before Sophie left Romako in 1875 for her lover. In 1876 Romako returned to Vienna but failed to re-establish himself against the style represented by Hans Makart and increasingly relied on the charity of such wealthy patrons as Count Kuefstein. He made study trips to Hungary, Italy and France, and during the years 1882 to 1884 he alternated between Paris and Geneva. Two daughters, Mathilde and Mary, committed suicide in 1887; Romako never recovered from the shock. His last years were spent living in neglect near Vienna, where he died in poverty in 1889. Romako was buried at the Central cemetery in Vienna.

In 1953 a street in Atzgersdorf was named after the painter: Romakogasse. Anton Romako's painting The Battle of Lissa was selected as a motive for a recent commemorative coin: the 20 euro S.M.S. Erzherzog Ferdinand Max minted on September 15, 2004.

His brother, Josef von Romako, was a Naval Architect-Inspector of Austro-Hungarian Navy.

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Die Weilburg bei Baden

Die Weilburg bei Baden (1885)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Tegetthoff in der Seeschlacht bei Lissa I

Tegetthoff in der Seeschlacht bei Lissa I (1878-1880)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Rudolf von Habsburg an der Leiche Přemysl Ottokars, König von Böhmen

Rudolf von Habsburg an der Leiche Přemysl Ottokars, König von Böhmen (before 1854)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in der Schlacht bei Zenta

Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in der Schlacht bei Zenta (1880-1882)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Wildbad Gastein am Abend (bei bengalischer Beleuchtung)

Wildbad Gastein am Abend (bei bengalischer Beleuchtung) (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Waldlichtung mit Disteln

Waldlichtung mit Disteln (1885)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Seesturm

Seesturm (1880-1882)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Landschaft mit Burg

Landschaft mit Burg

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Fischerknabe am Meeresstrand

Fischerknabe am Meeresstrand (1875)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Tegetthoff in der Seeschlacht bei Lissa II

Tegetthoff in der Seeschlacht bei Lissa II (1880-1882)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Die Meiereiwiese in der Vorderbrühl mit der Ruine Mödling

Die Meiereiwiese in der Vorderbrühl mit der Ruine Mödling (1885)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Das Gasteinertal im Nebel

Das Gasteinertal im Nebel (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Das Gasteinertal II

Das Gasteinertal II (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Das Gasteinertal I

Das Gasteinertal I (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Blick auf Rom vom Monte Mario

Blick auf Rom vom Monte Mario (1865)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Am Wolfgangsee

Am Wolfgangsee (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Abend in der Prossau bei Gastein

Abend in der Prossau bei Gastein (1877)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
Zigeunerlager in der Puszta

Zigeunerlager in der Puszta (1875-1880)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Neapolitanische Schenke

Neapolitanische Schenke

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
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Spanische Landschaft

Spanische Landschaft

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Landscape
A Kamptal Nymph under a Rose Hedge

A Kamptal Nymph under a Rose Hedge

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Mythology
The Corn Gatherer

The Corn Gatherer (c. 1860)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Portrait of Architect Johann De Colle (1840-1889)

Portrait of Architect Johann De Colle (1840-1889)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Italienisches Mädchen mit Kopftuch und Tamburin

Italienisches Mädchen mit Kopftuch und Tamburin

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Tarantellatänzer

Tarantellatänzer

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
Porträt Bücher Wilhelm

Porträt Bücher Wilhelm

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
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Porträt Bücher Therese

Porträt Bücher Therese

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
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Naschendes Mädchen

Naschendes Mädchen (1882)

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
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Kinderbildnis Melanie Deinhardstein

Kinderbildnis Melanie Deinhardstein

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
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Italienerin mit Kind am Brunnen

Italienerin mit Kind am Brunnen

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832-1889)
Figurative
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