Josef Kriehuber

Josef Kriehuber
Self-portrait of Kriehuber, lithography, 1860
Born14 December 1800 (1800-12-14)
Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died30 May 1876(1876-05-30) (aged 75)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
OccupationsLithographer and painter
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox person with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Josef Kriehuber (14 December 1800 – 30 May 1876) was an Austrian lithographer and painter, notable for the high quality of his lithographic portraits. A prolific yet meticulous artist, he made numerous portraits of near-photographic detail for nobility, well-known personalities, and government officials. Josef Kriehuber left more than 3000 lithographs, with portraits of many people including some of the most illustrious figures of mid-19th century Central Europe.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.