American Painter, 1860-1932  Related Paintings of Melchers, Gari Julius :. | Meditation | St.Augustine and St Ambrose | Allegory on the flourishing of the Dutch fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War | Ancient Ruins | Hagar and Ismael in the Widerness (mk08) |
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Georg Volmar
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller
Austrian Romantic Painter, 1793-1865 was an Austrian painter and writer. He briefly attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, however later had to finance his life by painting portraits. In 1811 he got a job as a teacher of arts for the children of Count Gyulay in Croatia. After 3 years he returned to Vienna and started to improve his skills by copying the works of old masters. Waldmeller later became interested in nature and thus started painting landscapes (genre painting). His most notable work lies in the depiction of nature, where his sense for colours and large knowledge of nature helped him to achieve masterly skills. In 1823 he made a painting of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,