Hans Makart

Austrian Empire · 1840–1884

Hans Makart was an Austrian academic history painter, designer and decorator. Makart was a prolific painter whose ideas significantly influenced the development of visual art in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and other countries. == Life == Makart was the son of a chamberlain at the Mirabell Palace, born in the former residence of the prince-archbishops of Salzburg, the city in which Mozart had been born. He was initially trained in painting by Johann Fischbach at the Vienna Academy between 1850 and 1851. During Makart's training at the Academy, German art was governed by classicism, which was entirely intellectual and academic: clear and precise drawing, sculpturesque modelling, and pictorial erudition were esteemed above all.

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