Karl Friedrich Fries (1831 at
Winnweiler
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Germany – 1871 at
St. Gall
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Biography
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, Switzerland), studied first at the
Academy at Munich, and afterwards under
Berdellé. He visited
Vienna, and painted there under
Rahl; then went to
Venice
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Florence, and
Calabria
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, where he studied the old masters. His style much resembles that of the Venetian painters.
The following are some of his works:
*''Wine, Woman, and Song''; in the style of Paolo Veronese. 1862.
*''The Mineral Bath in the Abruzzi''.
*Several copies of ''the Ascension of the Virgin''; after Titian.
*''St. Barbara''; after Palma Vecchio.
See also
*
List of German painters
References
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1831 births
1871 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters
People from Donnersbergkreis
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
People from the Palatinate (region)
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