Karl von Enhuber Der wachsame Schuster 1861

Karl von Enhuber (1811–1867), a

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, was born at Hof, in Voigtland. He was the son of a civil officer who, when his son was eighteen months old, moved to

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. After studying at the Munich Academy he was at first an

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. He then worked at representations of the

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and only through the study of the works of Metsu and Terborch did he discover his true talent. He was admitted a member of the Munich Academy in 1858, and died at Munich in 1867. He excelled in characterizing middle-class home life, with its pleasures and troubles, and had a natural sense of humour, which was the foundation of his delicate delineation of character. To be mentioned amongst his works are: * Berlin. Gallery. ''Return of the Munich Guardsman''. 1844. * Darmstadt. Gallery. ''Sessions Day in Bavaria''. * Munich. Gallery. ''A Grandfather watching his Grandson at play with toy Soldiers'' and ''A Carver in his Workshop''.

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* 1811 births 1867 deaths Emigrants from the Austrian Empire German genre painters People from Hof, Bavaria Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub