Friedrich August von Kaulbach

1850 – 1920 • German

Biography

Fredrich August von Kaulbach was a German Realist painter best known for his high-society portraits of celebrities and aristocrats, as well as his historical scenes of German Nationalistic and Teutonic sentiment. Kaulbach’s style was deeply informed by early 19th-century French academic painting techniques, and was particularly inspired by the portraits of Hans Holbein. Born on June 2, 1850 in Munich, Germany, he went on to study at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Nuremberg and with his father, the painter Freidrich Kaulbach. Today, his works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the Morris Museum in New Jersey, and the Deutsches Historiches Museum in Berlin, among others. Kaulbach died on July 26, 1920 in Ohlstadt, Germany.

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Friedrich August von Kaulbach

1850 – 1920 • German

Friedrich August von Kaulbach

Biography

Fredrich August von Kaulbach was a German Realist painter best known for his high-society portraits of celebrities and aristocrats, as well as his historical scenes of German Nationalistic and Teutonic sentiment. Kaulbach’s style was deeply informed by early 19th-century French academic painting techniques, and was particularly inspired by the portraits of Hans Holbein. Born on June 2, 1850 in Munich, Germany, he went on to study at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Nuremberg and with his father, the painter Freidrich Kaulbach. Today, his works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the Morris Museum in New Jersey, and the Deutsches Historiches Museum in Berlin, among others. Kaulbach died on July 26, 1920 in Ohlstadt, Germany.

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