August George-Mayer
August George-Mayer (actually August Georg Mayer ; born March 28, 1834 in Vienna , † February 8, 1889 ibid) was an Austrian painter.
From 1847 to 1851 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Karl Gsellhofer , Johann Ender , Leopold Kupelwieser , Joseph Führich and Carl Rahl . At first he mainly created genre and history pictures, but later mainly portraits . From 1860 to 1863 he lived as a theater painter in Hungary and married the daughter of the playwright Adolf Foglár in Vienna in 1867 .
Fonts
- Memories of Carl Rahl . Vienna 1882 ( digitized ).
literature
- Schmidt-Schöny: Mayer, August Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 419.
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| SURNAME | George-Mayer, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, August Georg (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1889 |
| Place of death | Vienna |