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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

Austrian, 1793-1865
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller was an Austrian painter and writer. Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period.

In 1807 Waldmüller attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He lived in Bratislava and, in 1811, he worked as a teacher of arts for the children of Count Gyulay in Croatia. He returned to the Academy of Vienna and studied portrait painting. In 1814 he married the singer Katharina Weidner, and subsequently went on tour with her, working as a set designer.

In 1817 he returned to Vienna and spent much time copying the works of old masters and painting portraits, genre subjects, and still-life. In 1823 he made a portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. Waldmüller later became interested in nature and started painting landscapes, which in their loving attention to detail illustrate Waldmuller's belief that the close study of nature should be the basis of painting. These are his most notable works, in which his sense of colour and knowledge of nature helped him to achieve masterly skill.

In 1819 he became professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, but was in disputes with the Viennese establishment, most notably for his comments on the system of the academy, where he wanted to establish a focus of the study on nature. His views were in opposition to the official doctrines of ideal art promulgated by the Vienna Academy, and after he had published his works on art education, he was forced to retire in 1857. By 1863 he had been accepted back into the art circles of Vienna, and was knighted in 1865.

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. Whether it was the conquest of the landscape and thus the convincing rendering of closeness or distance, the accurate characterisation of the human face, the detailed and refined description of textures, or the depiction of rural everyday life: his works – brilliant, explanatory, moralising, and socially critical – influenced a whole generation of artists. Being an advocate of natural observation and plein air painting, as well as a critic of academic painting, Waldmüller was far ahead of his time.

Waldmuller died on 23 August 1865 in Hinterbrühl, Austria.

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Portrait einer adeligen Dame

Portrait einer adeligen Dame (1846)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Portrait eines Grafen Apponyi

Portrait eines Grafen Apponyi (1827)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Portrait Franz Benoit

Portrait Franz Benoit

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
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Porträt Josef von Stadler

Porträt Josef von Stadler

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Sonntagruhe

Sonntagruhe (1859)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Früchtestillleben mit Papagei

Früchtestillleben mit Papagei (1824)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Still Life
Portrait of the Mother of Captain von Stierle-Holzmeister

Portrait of the Mother of Captain von Stierle-Holzmeister (1819)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
View of Ischl

View of Ischl (1838)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Prater Landscape

Prater Landscape (circa 1830)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Landscape
Beggar

Beggar (1859)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
The Adoption

The Adoption (1847)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Preparing the Celebration of the Wine Harvest

Preparing the Celebration of the Wine Harvest (1860)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
The Grandparents’ Visit

The Grandparents’ Visit (1863)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Carl Wilhelm Lucas (1803-1857), Hofschauspieler am k.u.k. Burgtheater

Carl Wilhelm Lucas (1803-1857), Hofschauspieler am k.u.k. Burgtheater (1839)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Portrait of Friedrich Eltz (1782–1855)

Portrait of Friedrich Eltz (1782–1855) (1836)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Scene after the fire of Mariazell

Scene after the fire of Mariazell (1827)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Portrait of a Gentleman with Wavy White Hair

Portrait of a Gentleman with Wavy White Hair (1821)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Figurative
Landscape with a View in a Valley

Landscape with a View in a Valley

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Drawings
Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Bonnet, in three-quarter profile to the left

Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Bonnet, in three-quarter profile to the left (mid-19th century)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Drawings
Portrait of Franz Jauner (Vienna 1832-1900 Vienna), Theater Director and Actor in Vienna

Portrait of Franz Jauner (Vienna 1832-1900 Vienna), Theater Director and Actor in Vienna (1800–1865)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Drawings
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