Nicholas Moreau
Nikolaus Moreau (born August 26, 1805 in Vienna ; † February 25, 1834 there ) was an Austrian painter .
Life
Nicholas Moreau was the son of from France coming architect Charles de Moreau , who after 1801 Austria had come here and numerous buildings, especially in Vienna, was planning. After initially being tutored by his father, Nikolaus Moreau attended the Vienna Academy . Here he had exhibitions at St. Anna in 1833 and 1834.
power
Nikolaus Moreau was a painter of the Austrian Biedermeier period . The artist, who died early, created mainly genre pictures , but also portraits and depictions of animals . The depictions of scenes from what was then Vienna are of contemporary historical interest.
Paintings by Moreau's hand can now be found in Austrian museums such as the Vienna Museum , the Austrian Belvedere Gallery and the Museum of Military History .
Works (selection)
- Musical soiree with Baron Denis Eskeles (Vienna Museum), around 1830, oil on canvas
- View from a window of the Diana bath of Maria am Gestade (Wien Museum), 1830, oil on canvas
- Austrian veterans and a plaster figure dealer in a tavern (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere), 1832, oil on canvas
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Moreau, Karl Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1868, p. 79 f. ( Digitized (in his father's article)).
- H. Schöny: Moreau Nikolaus. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 371.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moreau, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1834 |
| Place of death | Vienna |