Friedrich August von Kaulbach

Friedrich August von Kaulbach (2 June 1850 in Hannover – 26 July 1920 in Munich, Germany) was a German portraitist and historical painter.

Friedrich August von Kaulbach
Portrait of the actress Hanna Ralph by Friedrich August von Kaulbach.
Born	4 June 1850 Hannover
Died	1920 Munich
Nationality	German
Education	Kunstgewerbeschule
Known for	portraitist, historical scenes
Notable work	Spanish Dancer, Girl in the Woods, Girl with her dog

He was the son of Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Kaulbach (1822–1903), the court painter at Hannover, and the great nephew of Wilhelm Kaulbach, another prominent member of the Kaulbach family of artists. He learned to paint from his father, and later was a student of August von Kreling at the Kunstgewerbeschule Nürnberg (Nuremberg school of arts and crafts), a predecessor institution of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg. He sought to emulate the artist Hans Holbein.[1]

He married the famous violist Frida Scotta in 1897.[2]

Works

• Girl in the Woods
• The Lute Player
• German Lady of the 16th Century
• Several portraits of Spanish dancer Rosario Guerrero

See also

• List of German painters

Citations

1. Charles Callahan Perkins, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Cyclopedia of Painters and Painting, Volume 2. New York, 1913, p. 370.
2. Albert Ernest Wier (1938), The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians, p. 1703