Friedrich Mosbrugger, also known as Fritz Moosbrugger (19 September 1804, in

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– 17 October 1830, in

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) was a German portrait and

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painter in the Realistic style. He came from a family that had a widespread reputation as builders, plasterers and painters.*, included in the article on his father, Wendelin. His brother

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was also a painter, and his brother was an architect.

Life

His father was Wendelin Moosbrugger, a

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for

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. He received his first lessons from his father and another painter from Konstanz, Marie Ellenrieder, then studied at the

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, with Johann Peter von Langer After displaying some paintings at an exhibition in

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in 1827, he followed his friend, the architect

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, to Italy and became a part of the German circle of artists resident in Rome. While there, he sought the opinions and advice of

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regarding his work. In the summer of 1828, he made landscape studies in the

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. He returned to Germany in 1829 and staged an exhibition of his Italian works in 1830. With a letter of recommendation to Tsar Nicholas I from

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, he embarked on a trip to Russia. He took passage on a merchant vessel at

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, as land travel through Russia would have been difficult and circuitous at that time. The ship made frequent stops, so the voyage took three weeks, during which time he was almost constantly seasick. He remained sick upon his arrival and languished for a week without care, until he was visited by an old friend,

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. It was too late, however, and he died, aged only twenty-six.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosbrugger, Friedrich 1804 births 1830 deaths German male painters German genre painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists

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