
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. Max Schödl, Still Life with Nautilus Goblet and Books,...

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. Max Schödl, Still Life with Nautilus Goblet and Books,...

Born in 1834, Max Schödl (1834—1921) was a student at the Vienna Academy and became a master 'Orientalist' painter of lush still-life subjects, frequently featuring an...

An Austrian painter Franz Xaver Petter (1791—1866) was one of the most important still-life artists of the Biedermeier period in Vienna. He specialised in floral...

“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the...

This portrait of Auguste Strobl (1807—1871), the daughter of a Royal chief accountant, is one of the 36 portraits of the most beautiful women of Germany of the 19th...

The lady depicted here is Pauline von Württemberg. Just as in the portraits of high society so typical of Ender, in this portrait of a lady, too, he represents the...

This portrait typifies painting in Vienna between 1815 and 1865, an era known as the Biedermeier period, during which the Hapsburg government promoted positive artistic...

Friedrich von Amerling (1803—1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef. He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835 and...

Eduard Veith (1858—1925) was an Austrian portrait painter and stage designer. Many of his works were influenced by Symbolism. Eduard Veith, Madonna with Jesus Surrounded...

Eduard Veith (1856—1925) was born in Vienna, where he attended the art school and was a pupil of Ferdinand Laufberger. He continued his education in Paris. Veith created...

The Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862—1918) made this portrait of Mäda Primavesi over a hundred years ago, when she was about nine years old. Mäda...