Georg Koberwein

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Georg Koberwein (* 1820 in Vienna , † 1876 in London ) was an Austrian painter and photographer .

Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt by George Koberwein (1874).

Life

Koberwein, the son of the actor Josef Koberwein (1774-1857), studied from 1836 to 1839 at the Academy of United Fine Arts in Vienna and with the portrait and miniature painter Joseph Weidner . 1841–1843 he was a student of Paul Delaroche and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . In 1843 he returned to Vienna and worked as a portrait painter. From 1846 at the latest he was a photographer, from the 1840s he took part in the exhibitions of the Vienna Association for Fine Arts. Koberwein was again in Paris in 1849, where he worked as a portrait painter, then temporarily in Saint Petersburg . At the end of the 1850s he moved to London, from 1859 to 1878 he participated in exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts , the British Institution and the Society of British Artists .

Koberwein was married to Auguste Anschütz , the daughter of the actor Heinrich Anschütz .

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of Paul Delaroche, undated, pastel, 62 × 49 cm (Bonhams auction, Pictures, Furniture, European and Oriental Works of Art, November 28, 2006, Banbury Road, Oxford 2006, lot 87).
  • Portrait of a Zouave warrior, holding a bayonet, 1858, oil / canvas, 82 × 65 cm, signed: Paris (Bonhams auction, Pictures, Furniture, European and Oriental Works of Art, November 28, 2006, Banbury Road, Oxford 2006, Lot 185)

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, pp. 520 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Koberwein, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1876
Place of death London