Eduard Kaiser (painter)
Eduard Kaiser (born February 22, 1820 in Graz , † August 30, 1895 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and lithographer .
Life
Eduard Kaiser was a son of Joseph Franz Kaiser , owner of a lithographic establishment in Graz. He studied at the Vienna Academy with Josef Danhauser . Soon he was a serious competitor for the then Viennese master of portrait lithography Josef Kriehuber .
Enthusiastic about the revolution's ideals of freedom , he joined the Academic Legion . During this time he portrayed almost all of the important personalities of the March Revolution ( Josef Radetzky , Franz Schuselka , Hans Kudlich Adolf Fischhof , Carl Giskra ). In 1852/53 he lived in Rome . After his return he developed a very productive activity as a portrait lithographer (Emperor Franz Joseph I , Empress Elisabeth , Friedrich Hebbel , Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann ).
1867–1886 he lived again in Rome, where he devoted himself to the watercolor reproduction of classical masterpieces with great success . These reproductions were sold in England as color lithographs. After returning to Vienna, he returned to portrait painting , both in oil and watercolor.
His brother Alexander Kaiser (1819–1872) was also a painter and lithographer.
Ernst Franz Salvator von Violand , lithograph by Eduard Kaiser, 1848
Georg Freiherr von Rukavina , lithograph by Eduard Kaiser. 1849
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kaiser, Eduard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 373 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eduard Kaiser . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 443-444 .
- Kaiser, Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 181.
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| SURNAME | Kaiser, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1895 |
| Place of death | Vienna |