Franz von Lenbach

{"Id":1786,"Name":"Franz von Lenbach","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELENBACH, FRANZ VON\u003C/strong\u003E (1836-1904), German painter was born at Schrobenhausen, in Bavaria, on the 13th of December 1836. His father was a mason, and the boy was intended to follow his father\u0027s trade or be a builder. With this view he was sent to school at Landsberg, and then to the polytechnic at Augsburg.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFailing [?] some studies, he made various attempts at painting, which his father\u0027s orders interrupted. However, when he had seen the galleries of Augsburg and Munich, he finally obtained his father\u0027s permission to become an artist, and worked for a short time in the studio of Grafle [?], the painter; after this he devoted much time to copying. Thus he was already accomplished in technique when he became the pupil of Piloty, with whom he set out for Italy in 1858. A few interesting works remain as the outcome of this first journey \u003Cu\u003EA Peasant seeking Shelter from Bad Weather\u003C/u\u003E (1855), \u003Cu\u003EThe Goatherd\u003C/u\u003E (1860, in the Schack Gallery, Munich), and \u003Cu\u003EThe Arch of Titus\u003C/u\u003E (in the Palfy collection, Budapest). On returning to Munich, he was at once called to Weimar to take the appointment of professor at the Academy. But he did not hold it long, having made the acquaintance of Count Schack, who commissioned a great number of copies for his collection. Lenbach returned to Italy the same year, and there copied many famous pictures. He set out in 1867 for Spain, where he copied not only the famous pictures by \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=132\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EVel\u0026aacute;zquez\u003C/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://museoprado.mcu.es/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPrado\u003C/a\u003E, but also some landscapes in the museums of Granada and the Alhambra (1868). In the previous year he had exhibited at the great exhibition at Paris several portraits, one of which took a third-class medal. Thereafter he exhibited frequently both at Munich and at Vienna, and in 1900 at the Paris exhibition was awarded a \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/PrixdeRo.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EGrand Prix\u003C/a\u003E for painting. Lenbach, who died in 1904, painted many of the most remarkable personages of his time.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee Berlepsch, Lenbach, \u003Cu\u003EVeihagen und Klasings Monatshefte\u003C/u\u003E (1891); Bagouen, \u003Cu\u003ELes Portraits de Lenbach a l\u0027exposition de Munich\u003C/u\u003E (1899); K. Knackftiss, \u003Cu\u003ELenbach\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EFranz von Lenbach Biidnisse\u003C/u\u003E (1900).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://32.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LE/LENBACH_FRANZ_VON.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":23}