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Moritz von Schwind
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Austrian painter (1804–1871)
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Moritz Ludwig von Schwind was an Austrian painter, university teacher, graphic artist, and illustrator born in Vienna in 1804. He worked in Vienna, Munich, Karlsruhe, and Eisenach, and was educated at the Schottengymnasium and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. His teachers included Johann Peter Krafft and Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Schwind served as a university teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he instructed students such as Eduard Ille.
He received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and is described in sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. His works are held in the collections of the Belvedere, Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and National Gallery of Art. Schwind died in Pöcking in 1871 and was buried at Alter Südfriedhof.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1804
- Died
- 1871
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Eine Kunstgabe für das deutsche Volk
- Briefwechsel zwischen Moritz von Schwind und Eduard Mörike
- Die Historie von der schönen Lau
- Die schöne Melusine
- Moritz von Schwind
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Pöcking
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Employer
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Johann Peter Krafft
- Image
- Moritz von Schwind Litho.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt
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- Commons category
- Moritz von Schwind
- date of birth
- 1804-01-21
- date of death
- 1871-02-08
- Commons Creator page
- Moritz von Schwind
- Commons gallery
- Moritz von Schwind
- place of burial
- Alter Südfriedhof
- student
- Eduard Ille
- has works in the collection
- Wallraf–Richartz Museum
- name in native language
- Moritz von Schwind
- birth name
- Moritz Ludwig von Schwind
- P6482
- Moritz von Schwind
- start of work period
- 1819-01-01
- end of work period
- 1871-01-01
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Moritz von Schwind, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Social game
The Duchess of Orléans and Schwind
Spirits above the Water
The fairy tale of the Ashtray
Number of bearings
Landgrave Ludwig IV at the gates of Würzburg
Ivory Dance in Erlenhain
The morning hour
Karoline von Mangstl (Hetzenecker), singer
On the Danube Bridge
In the magic forest. Young pick-up picker on a drawing well, listening to a noise
The Walt Chapel
The Blacksmith of Ruhla
The singer dispute
Shipper
Singer Karoline Hetzenecker
Kaspar and Max in the Wolfsschlcht, illustration of the opera “Der Freischütz”
In the Walde (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Diana with Lyra, surrounded by nymphs (?)/mythological scene
Rest on the Hiking
Inside the artist’s house (The Visit)
Friedrich der Öttinger beats himself through the Tross of the Sieggers, and Joseph Niklas lays the foundations for the new building of the castle in the presence of princely friends.
Landgrave Balthasar fighting the Raubritter
Landgrave Ludwig the Holy Counting a Lion in the Wartburg Court
The Crucified One
Franz Schubert Memorial
Children playing in the castle garden
On the Hiking
triton family
The Return of the Count of Equals
Agatha and the bridesmaids, illustration of the opera “Der Freischütz”
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