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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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Nach der Schlacht

Nach der Schlacht (1850-1860)

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

Pferdemarkt in Szolnok I (1870-1880)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Ungarische Dorfidylle

Ungarische Dorfidylle (1850-1860)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Wallachian Post

Wallachian Post (1855)

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)
Franz Imrédy, Edler von Omorovicze

Franz Imrédy, Edler von Omorovicze (1848)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Ungarischer Markt mit blauen Schirmen

Ungarischer Markt mit blauen Schirmen (1874)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Blick auf eine Stadt

Blick auf eine Stadt

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Die Überschwemmung im Februar 1862

Die Überschwemmung im Februar 1862 (1862)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Stillleben mit totem Huhn und Krug

Stillleben mit totem Huhn und Krug (1860-1870)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Marktszene Bukarest

Marktszene Bukarest

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Elisabeth Imrédy, Edle von Omorovicze

Elisabeth Imrédy, Edle von Omorovicze (1848)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Straßenkampf

Straßenkampf (1887)

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

Pferdemarkt in Szolnok II (1877)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
Brustbild eines Zigeuners

Brustbild eines Zigeuners (1860-1870)

August von Pettenkofen (Austrian, 1822 - 1889)
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