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Austrian artist
A.K.A.
Anton II Altmann, Anton, II Altmann
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Male
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Birth:
4 June 1808(Vienna)
Death:
9 July 1871(Vienna)
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Biography
Introduction
Anton Altmann (1808–1871) was an Austrian landscape painter.
Life
Watercolour landscape by Altmann
Watercolour panorama of Salzburg, painted in 1855
Altmann, was born in Vienna on 4 June 1808. His father, also called Anton, and his grandfather Joseph were both painters. He studied from nature, and under the instruction of Mössmer at the Academy. After being instructor in drawing to Count Apponyi in Hungary, he settled in Vienna, and became famous as a landscape painter. He died there in 1871.
Works
Among his most important works are the following:
- Cloister of the Convent 'Maria Schein,' in Bohemia. 1838.
- Forest Scene. 1840.
- Marshy Landscape. 1846.
- Evening Landscape. 1847.
- Spring In a Forest. 1851.
- The Mill. 1851.
Altmann executed landscapes in water-colour; and also etched from his own designs.