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Karl von Blaas
Karl von Blaas

Karl von Blaas

Austrian, 1815 – 1894
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Karl von Blaas was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.

Carl Von Blaas was born to a peasant family at Nauders in the Tyrol on 28 April 1815. He is best known as a history painter and painter of portraits. His first art lessons were in Innsbruck, where he received an education as a writer. But he was more interested in art, and so, like many painters at the time, he aspired to visit Italy to realize his goal of an in-depth art education. His uncle, a judge in Verona, recognized his talent and gave him financial support for study in Venice, which he undertook in 1832.

In his autobiography he recounts many of his adventures, some rather harrowing, on that sojourn. He was a student at the Venice Academy between 1832 and 1837, where he studied under Lodovico Lipparini. He won many awards and began to receive portrait commissions. In 1837 he received the Prix de Rome from the Venetian Academy, which allowed him to study in Rome for five years. He traveled there and during his visit came into contact with the leading member of the Nazarene School, German artist Friedrich Overbeck and his circle, who influenced him in many ways.

However, he disagreed artistically with them and realized that his art aimed at more powerful and realistic compositions. While in Italy he traveled extensively, studying and copying many old master paintings. He then devoted himself to ecclesiastical art and genre scenes of ritual character, receiving many commissions for altarpieces and the like, including some at the behest of Pope Pius IX with whom he had a private audience as a result of his decoration of the Albano Cathedral. He also studied in Munich for two years and then painted commissioned works for churches in Paris, London, Italy] Hungary, and Russia.

In 1850 he was appointed to Academy of Vienna, and painted several frescoes in the Alt-Lerchenfeld church. In 1855 he received a prize at the Paris Exposition for his painting Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School and accepted nomination as professor in the Venice Academy the same year. He was a Professor of the Venice Academy from 1856 to 1866. In 1866 he returned to Vienna. His autobiography was published in Vienna in 1876.

Von Blaas shared the Nazarene's fascination with Renaissance artists and identified with their view of the religious mission of art. He became well known in Vienna social circles and painted the boy emperor Franz Joseph in 1853. Some years later he began to execute forty two-fresco paintings for the Vienna Arsenal (now the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) from Austria's history, which occupied him for eleven years. These are considered to be among his major works. He is the father of the genre painter Eugene von Blaas (1843–1942), whose reputation (and auction prices) has overshadowed that of his father, and Julius von Blaas (1845–1923), also a painter. He died in Vienna in 1894. Among his pupils was Francesco Beda.

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Kaiser Maximilian I. und Georg von Frundsberg

Kaiser Maximilian I. und Georg von Frundsberg (1868)

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Die Musterung bei Solenau im Jahr 1749

Die Musterung bei Solenau im Jahr 1749 (1865)

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Die Schlacht bei Kolin 1757

Die Schlacht bei Kolin 1757 (1865)

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Die Schlacht bei St. Gotthard 1664

Die Schlacht bei St. Gotthard 1664 (1865)

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Die Schlacht bei Turin 1706

Die Schlacht bei Turin 1706 (1864)

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Die Schlacht bei Zenta 1697

Die Schlacht bei Zenta 1697 (1863)

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Die Verteidigung Wiens gegen die Türken 1683

Die Verteidigung Wiens gegen die Türken 1683 (1865)

Karl von Blaas (Austrian, 1815 – 1894)
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Erste Promotion zum Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden 1758

Erste Promotion zum Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden 1758 (1868)

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Erzherzog Karl von Österreich in der Schlacht bei Aspern

Erzherzog Karl von Österreich in der Schlacht bei Aspern (1870)

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Friedrich Barbarossa belehnt Heinrich Jasomirgott und Heinrich den Löwen

Friedrich Barbarossa belehnt Heinrich Jasomirgott und Heinrich den Löwen (1860)

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Johann de Werth’s Überfall bei Tuttlingen 1643

Johann de Werth’s Überfall bei Tuttlingen 1643 (1866)

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Kaiser Karl V. und König Franz I. bei Pavia 1525

Kaiser Karl V. und König Franz I. bei Pavia 1525 (1868)

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Charlemagne rebukes the careless students

Charlemagne rebukes the careless students (1855)

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Kriegszug Albrechts I. über den Semmering 1292

Kriegszug Albrechts I. über den Semmering 1292 (1868)

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Leopold der Glorreiche als Förderer der Künste und Wissenschaften

Leopold der Glorreiche als Förderer der Künste und Wissenschaften (1860)

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Leopold der Heilige weist die Kaiserkrone zurück

Leopold der Heilige weist die Kaiserkrone zurück (1860)

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Rudolf I. von Habsburg an der Leiche Ottokars bei Dürnkrut 1278

Rudolf I. von Habsburg an der Leiche Ottokars bei Dürnkrut 1278 (1868)

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Portrait of John Scitowski, Archbishop of Gran and Primate of Hungary, and Cardinal of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Portrait of John Scitowski, Archbishop of Gran and Primate of Hungary, and Cardinal of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (1853)

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Portrait of Elżbieta Woroncow née Branicka(1792–1880)

Portrait of Elżbieta Woroncow née Branicka(1792–1880) (1852)

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Portrait of Aleksandra Potocka née Potocka (1818–1892)

Portrait of Aleksandra Potocka née Potocka (1818–1892) (1840-1850)

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Portrait of Aleksandra Potocka née Potocka (1818–1892)

Portrait of Aleksandra Potocka née Potocka (1818–1892) (1852)

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Empress Maria Theresa Taking Care of the Infant of a Poor Woman in the Garden of Schönbrunn Palace

Empress Maria Theresa Taking Care of the Infant of a Poor Woman in the Garden of Schönbrunn Palace (1880)

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, carried by angels to Mount Sinai

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, carried by angels to Mount Sinai (1843)

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Der Sieg des österreichischen Heeres über die Schweden bei Nördlingen 1634

Der Sieg des österreichischen Heeres über die Schweden bei Nördlingen 1634 (1860)

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Jacob’s return

Jacob’s return (1841)

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Entry of Charles III. in Madrid in 1710

Entry of Charles III. in Madrid in 1710 (around 1865)

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Prince Eugene’s train to Bosnia in 1697

Prince Eugene’s train to Bosnia in 1697 (1864)

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The Miraculous Translation of the Body of Saint Catherine of Alexandria to Sinai

The Miraculous Translation of the Body of Saint Catherine of Alexandria to Sinai (1860)

Karl von Blaas (Austrian, 1815 – 1894)
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Dame mit Schirm und Zeichenmappe

Dame mit Schirm und Zeichenmappe

Karl von Blaas (Austrian, 1815 – 1894)
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Porträt Gegenstücke

Porträt Gegenstücke (1846)

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