Carl Aigen
Carl Aigen (born October 8, 1685 in Olomouc ; † October 22, 1762 in Vienna , also Karl Joseph Aigen ) was an Austrian painter .
After training in Vienna and Frankfurt am Main, he lived and worked in Vienna from around 1720. In 1754 he was appointed a member of the local academy . After Aigen was temporarily head of the Academy, he was a professor there until the end of his life. He mainly painted small-format genre pieces and everyday scenes.
literature
- Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. Delivery 1: AA to Bacher. Tusch, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-85063-029-3 , p. 21.
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| SURNAME | Aigen, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aigen, Karl Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1685 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olomouc |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1762 |
| Place of death | Vienna |