Karl Altmann Explained

Karl Altmann
Birth Date:13 January 1802
Birth Place:Feuchtwangen, Kingdom of Bavaria
Death Place:Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Nationality:German
Field:Painting
Movement:Realism

Karl Altmann (13 January 1802 in Feuchtwangen – 11 January 1861 in Munich) was a German painter.

The son of Joseph Altmann, he was born in Feuchtwangen and grew up in Ansbach. He studied painting in Munich and then at the Arts Academy Dresden, visited Italy, and settled down in Munich. It is traced, that he lived at Lerchen Straße 43 in Munich around 1850.[1]

Altmann's oil paintings show scenes of alpine life, robbers, poachers, smugglers, folk festivals and other topics. He also painted still lifes. His works belong to national and international collections of established galleries.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Paul Maucher: Alphabetic register of house owners 1849-1851, p. 1.
  2. http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/feuchtwangen_synagoge.htm Zum Tod des Kunstmalers Karl Altmann (geb. 1802 in Feuchtwangen, gest. 1861 in München)