Carl Schweninger the Younger

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Carl Schweninger the Younger (born May 17, 1854 in Vienna ; † December 27, 1912 there ) was an Austrian painter.

Carl Schweninger the Younger: The Painter and His Model

Life

Schweninger came from a Viennese family of artists, he was the son of the painter Carl Schweninger the Elder (1818–1887) and brother of the painter Rosa Schweninger (1818–1918). He learned painting first from his father, studied from 1871 to 1873 with Karl Mayer at the general painting school of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . After completing his studies, he went on a trip to Germany, where he also continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .

In 1883 he exhibited his work "Der Taschenspieler" at the international art exhibition in Munich's Glaspalast .

Carl Schweninger the Elder J. mainly painted Rococo genre scenes. Many of his pictures have been published in magazines such as Die Gartenlaube , Ueber Land und Meer and Moderne Kunst . He also dealt with sculptures.

Schweninger d. J. also created illustrations for the poetry of German poets, such as Ferdinand Freiligrath's O lieb 'as long as you can love and Joseph Victor von Scheffel's Der Trumpeter von Säckingen .

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