Karl von Blaas

Karl von Blaas (date unknown)

Karl von Blaas (28 April 1815 in Nauders – 19 March 1894 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.

Biography

He was born in a peasant family in Nauders, Tyrol. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. In 1837 he received the Pix de Rome from the Venetian Academy, which allowed him to study in Rome. In Rome he came under the influence of the Nazarenes in the circle around Friedrich Overbeck and devoted himself to religious subjects.

He was named a professor at the Academy of Vienna in 1850. In 1855 he received a prize at the Paris Exposition for his painting "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School", and accepted a professorship at the Academy of Venice in the same year. He returned to Vienna in 1866 where he wrote Autobiographie, (Vienna, 1876), which contains information on his sons, Eugene de Blaas and Julius von Blaas. He produced many portraits, religious canvases, and frescoes.

Among his pupils was Francesco Beda.

Paintings

• "Jacob's Journey through the Desert" (Museum of Venice)
• "Visitation" (Innsbruck Museum)
• "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School" (Venice Museum)
• "Tullia Driving over her Father's Body" (1832)
• "Rape of Venetian Brides in Sixth Century" (1858); Innsbruck Museum)
• "Ekkehard Carrying the Duchess of Suabia across the Threshold of the Monastery"

Works

• 
  Julius von Blaas by Carl von Blaas
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  Lady walking
• 
  Miracle of the Roses
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  Portrait of a woman
• 
  Portrait of a man

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

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