Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger explained

Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger (19 December 1793, Munich – 15 March 1869) was a genre painter and lithographer, born in Munich in the Electorate of Bavaria to the long Italian pedigree of Quaglios.

Life

Quaglio studied under his father Joseph Quaglio and his brother Angelo Quaglio. He then went on to study at the Akademie München. He spent a few years, until 1812, working as a decorator of the court and national theaters in Munich. He spent time traveling through the Bavarian and Tirolian Alps. In 1812 his first lithography appeared, a study of nature. In 1820 he made a study of Bavarian folk costume. After 1834 he worked in Schloss Hohenschwangau.^[1]

He died in Munich and is buried in the southern cemetery.

Works

Quaglio created the following works:

• Im Dorf Kochel 1848
• Bauernbursche, am Eibsee bey Garmisch 1830
• Sennbube von der Hochalpe bey Garmisch 1830
• Hüterbub mit Krax´n, bey Garmisch 1830
• Die Alpe Hammersbach mit dem Waxenstein bey Garmisch 1830
• Buckelwiesen in Krün bey Partenkirchen 1830
• Alm am Eibsee bey Grainau 1831
• Lermos in Tyrol 1837
• Wirtin in Lermoos 1839
• Auf dem Weg nach Mittenwald 1839
• View of Frankfurt 1831 at Städel Gallery in Frankfurt

Campe wrote of him in 1833 the following:

References

• Book: Bryan, Michael. 1889. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . II L-Z . Walter Armstrong . Robert Edmund Graves . 331 . George Bell and Sons. London .

Notes and References

1. Book: Benkert, Ralf. Werdenfelser Künstlerlexikon. 2008-08-22. de.