Franz Lefler (1831, Langenbruck (now

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– 19 June 1898,

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) was an Austrian painter.

Life

After his studies at the Academies of Fine Arts in

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and

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, he settled in Vienna in 1858. He mainly painted allegories, portraits of children, genre and history paintings, ceiling and wall murals, and theater curtains. He spent his summers in Weißenbach an der Triesting with his friend

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, Director of the

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, where he painted murals and frescoes on the walls of the local hotels and villas. Many of his paintings show an attempt to combine the influences of Ancient Egyptian Art and Makartstil. He was especially interested in the subject of children in pictorial representation, and often painted socially critical themes. His son Heinrich was also a painter, as well as a

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and Professor at the Academy in Vienna.

References

External links

Works by Lefler at ArtNet
1831 births 1898 deaths Painters from Austria-Hungary Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni People from Liberec District {{Austria-painter-stub