Eduard Bitterlich (17 August 1833 – 20 May 1872) was an Austrian artist.

Life

Bitterlich was born in Galicia where his father had established himself. While he was still young his parents moved to

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, with the intention of educating him for the civil service, but against their will he entered

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's studio, and devoted himself to miniature painting. In 1855 he went to

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in order to copy the works of the old masters. Upon his return to Vienna he married Marie Singer von Wyssogurski, and immediately afterwards put himself under the direction of Rahl, whom he never afterwards left until his death. For this master he designed many fresco paintings, and sketched an immense number of small compositions, amongst them the 20 sheets for the ''Wanderings of the Argonauts'', and the coloured sketches for the

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. After Rahl's death, Bitterlich's principal work — executed in conjunction with Griepenkerl — was the design for the new

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. His earlier productions include the Pompeian figures in the Ypsilanti Palace, and the 20 lunettes in the banqueting hall of the Grand Hotel of Vienna, together with the pictures for the restored castle of Duke Leopold in Hörnstein. He died at

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, near Vienna, in 1872.

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* 1833 births 1872 deaths Artists from the Austrian Empire Sculptors from Austria-Hungary Artists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 19th-century Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors {{Austria-sculptor-stub