Franz Xaver Nachtmann (September 6, 1799 – December 17, 1846) was a German painter. He attended the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

from 1814 to 1819. He later served as a flower painter at the

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German: ''Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg'') is located at the ''Nördliche Schloßrondell'' in one of the ''Cavalier Houses'' in front of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany, and since its establi ...

. He left Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory in 1827 and began working on

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

and architecture paintings. He died on December 17, 1846 after eight years of suffering a spinal disease.

Gallery

File:Amelie Auguste Eugenie Napoleone 1812-1873.jpg File:Franz Xaver Nachtmann - The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace - Google Art Project.jpg File:Nachtmann-franz-xaver-1799-184-the-painted-salon-marian-s-dra.jpg File:Nachtmann - Schloss Possenhofen.jpg File:Nachtmann-franz-xaver-1799-184-a-lady-wearing-black-dress-wit.jpg

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nachtmann, Franz Xaver 1799 births 1846 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters German landscape painters German portrait painters Flower artists