Gustav Adolf Kuntz
Gustav Adolf Kuntz (born February 17, 1843 in Wildenfels , Saxony , † May 2, 1879 in Rome ) was a German sculptor and genre painter .
Kuntz first studied sculpture at the Dresden Art Academy under Johannes Schilling (1828–1910). He lived in Rome in 1870/71 and in Weimar in 1871/72. From 1873 he studied painting at the Vienna Art Academy with Christoph Christian Ruben (1805–1875) and Heinrich Anton von Angeli (1840–1925). From 1874/75 and from 1876 to 1879 he lived again in Rome, where he also died young. He mainly created genre pictures with a religious theme.
Let us pray fervently
Roman vegetable seller
Roman pilgrim
Greetings from the world
literature
- Kuntz, Gustav Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 113-114 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuntz, Gustav Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wildenfels , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1879 |
| Place of death | Rome |