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Franz Schrotzberg (2 April 1811,

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– 29 May 1889,

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) was an Austrian portrait painter.

Life and work

From 1825 to 1831, he was a student at the

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. During his time there, he was awarded three prizes and given a scholarship. At the age of nineteen, he became friends with the landscape painter Karl Marko, who had a significant influence on his artistic approach, although he would eventually turn to portrait painting. In 1832, he first exhibited some portraits and mythological scenes. Five years later, he made an extended study trip to Italy, then, in 1842, to Belgium. He became a member of the Academy the following year. He also visited London and Paris. By the 1850s, he was one of the most sought-after painters of female portraits in Vienna. His opulent style proved to be controversial among his contemporaries, however. In 1903 the art critic Ludwig Hevesi wrote that he was "silky smooth" (''seidenglatte''), as well as a mild (''gelinder'') Viennese version of

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, and had the luck to make his career by painting a youthful Empress Elisabeth.Ludwig Hevesi: ''Oesterreichische Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert.'' Seemann, Leipzig, 1903, Part Two: 1848–1900, pp.197–198
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. In addition to painting, he taught at the Academy, where his students included the portrait painter , later said to be his "successor". His paintings of the

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and other members of the nobility were often reproduced as

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s by

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and Franz Eybl, among others. In 1867, he was awarded the

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. A street in Vienna's

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district was named after him in 1899. He was married to Eleonore Stohl. Their daughter, Helene, married the progressive educator in 1890.

Gallery

File:1842 portrait of Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by Franz Schrotzberg (Musée Condé).jpg, Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Aumale (1822–1869), wife of

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(1822-1897), at 20 years old, 1842 File:Auguste of Solms-Braunfels.jpg, Auguste of Solms-Braunfels, Princess of Schwarzburg File:Baronessa Leontina Wenckheim-Andrássy.jpg, Baroness Leontina von Wenckheim in court dress, 1866 File:Caroline Augusta of Bavaria empress of Austria.jpg,

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, empress of Austria, 1846 File:Countess Marie Kinsky.jpg, Marie Countess Kinsky (b.1809), 1840 File:Franz Schrotzberg (1811–1889) - Porträt des Kaisers Franz Joseph I. von Österreich (1830–1916) - GE 1658 - Liechtenstein Museum.jpg, Portrait of Emperor

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, 1860 File:Kněžna Marie Gabriela von Auersperg, roz. z Lobkowicz.jpg, Princess Marie Gabriela of Lobkowicz (1793 - 1863), the eldest of thirteen children of the seventh reigning Prince of Lobkowicz, 1843 File:Maximilian, Moritz a Leopoldine Luise z Lobkowicz.jpg, Maximilián Marie (1827 – 1849, left) was originally supposed to succeed his father, the 8th ruling prince of the House of Lobkowicz, but after his untimely death, his younger brother Mořic Alois (1831 – 1903, centre) took over this task. On the right is their sister, Princess Leopoldina Luisa (1835 - 1892), 1844

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrotzberg, Franz 1811 births 1889 deaths Painters from the Austrian Empire 19th-century Austrian painters Austrian portrait painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Painters from Austria-Hungary

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