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August von Pettenkofen

August von Pettenkofen was an Austrian painter.
Pettenkofen was born in Vienna; his father was a merchant and landowner. He grew up on his father's estate in Galitzia. After his father's death, he grew up with the family of his cousin Ferdinand von Saar in Vienna. In 1834, giving up a military career, he became a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Leopold Kupelwieser and Franz Eybl. At this time, he painted genre works in typical Biedermeier style.

During the Revolutions of 1848, he became a military painter in the style of Carl Schindler. While performing his duties, he spent some time in Szolnok, Hungary; an area which left a great impression on him and led to his style becoming more picturesque. In 1852, he went to Paris and came under the influence of the Barbizon school. His paintings are recognized for the sincerity with which the artist depicts the uneventful melancholy life of Hungarian peasants and gypsies, without any theatrical pathos or forced humour.

He was admitted as a member of the Vienna Academy in 1866 and, in 1872, became an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1876, he was knighted. Between 1870 and 1880, he took annual trips to Venice. He died at the "Sanatorium Loew" in Vienna in 1889. That same year, a street in Landstraße was named after him. In 1893, he was buried in a grave of honor (German: Ehrengrab), designed by Viktor Tilgner, at the Zentralfriedhof.

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Neapolitanisches Bauernhaus mit Bäuerin

Neapolitanisches Bauernhaus mit Bäuerin (1873)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Wald mit Soldaten

Wald mit Soldaten

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Karrengäule auf einem Marktplatz im ungarischen Szolnok (Durchschlag des Recto)

Karrengäule auf einem Marktplatz im ungarischen Szolnok (Durchschlag des Recto)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Der Kürbisgarten

Der Kürbisgarten (1862)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Na het tweegevecht

Na het tweegevecht (1842-1858)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Pferdemarkt in Szolnok II

Pferdemarkt in Szolnok II (1877)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
A Village Street

A Village Street

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Perspektivskizze zu ”Straßenkampf in einem venezianischen Gässchen’

Perspektivskizze zu ”Straßenkampf in einem venezianischen Gässchen’ (1887)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Hongaarse vrouw, staande driekwart naar links, op de rug gezien

Hongaarse vrouw, staande driekwart naar links, op de rug gezien (1855)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Room with beamed ceiling

Room with beamed ceiling

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Study of a Nude Young Girl

Study of a Nude Young Girl (1838–89)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
A Carriage with Horses

A Carriage with Horses

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Portrait August Semeleder

Portrait August Semeleder (1840)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Markt in Szolnok

Markt in Szolnok (1870-1880)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
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