Karl August Avenarius
Karl August Avenarius (* 1788 in Kassel , † after 1831 in Vaál , Hungary ) was a German painter and draftsman . In addition, Avenarius also worked as a drawing and piano teacher.
Life
There is hardly any information about the life and work of Karl August Avenarius, who came from Kassel. It is certain that Avenarius trained as a painter in Rome before 1807. From 1807 he stayed in Paris, where he began studying at the École des Beaux-Arts . After 1810 and until 1820 he worked in Transylvania as a portrait painter and as a drawing and piano teacher. From 1820 to 1831 he worked as a portrait painter in Pest and Buda, before going to Vaál, about 40 km away.
Works (selection)
- Portrait of Count Lajos Gyulay (before 1816)
- Template for a copper engraving portrait of the poet Ferenc Verseghy by Balázs Höfel (published in Verseghy Ferenc Maradványai és élete, Buda 1825)
literature
- Julia Vercamer: Avenarius, Karl August . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 1: 1793–1843 , Berlin / Boston 2013, p. 8.
- Gyula Széphelyi-Frankl, Michael Heyder: Avenarius, Karl August . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 5, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22745-0 , p. 726.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Ms. 823, Registre des élèves de l'Académie royale de peinture et sculpture de Paris de Paris, 1778-1813, p. 332 (May 19, 1807).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Avenarius, Karl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1831 |
| Place of death | Vaál , Hungary |