Hans Makart
(1840–1884) Austrian painter (1840–1884)
Hans Makart (1840–1884) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Hans Makart belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Hans Makart was born in Salzburg and died in Vienna. Hans Makart trained at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Hans Makart studied under Johann Fischbach. Hans Makart worked in Salzburg, Munich, Vienna, and Amsterdam. Wikidata associates Hans Makart with Orientalist painting. The students included Konstanty Mańkowski, Gottlob Knapp, and Hans Bulhardt.
The best-known works include ‘The Death of Cleopatra’, ‘The Death of Cleopatra.’, and ‘Abundantia. Les dons de la mer’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, still life, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 61 works by Hans Makart with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1883. Works by Hans Makart are held by several collections, among them Art collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Belvedere, Munich Central Collecting Point, and Konstmuseum Rigas Börs. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri de Braekeleer, Robert Swain Gifford, Siegmund L’Allemand, João Zeferino da Costa, and Auguste Rodin.