Franz von Lenbach
(1836–1904) tysk professor
Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Franz von Lenbach belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Franz von Lenbach was born in Schrobenhausen and died in Munich. Franz von Lenbach trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences. Franz von Lenbach worked in Munich. Franz von Lenbach was awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. The students included Harry Schultz, Eilif Peterssen, Albert von Keller, and Philippine Wolff-Arndt.
The best-known works include ‘The Architect Lorenz Gedon’ and ‘The Theologian Ignaz von Döllinger’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 138 works by Franz von Lenbach with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1903. Works by Franz von Lenbach are held by several collections, among them Art collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich Central Collecting Point, and Mauerbach collection. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Adriano Cecioni, Eugène Delaplanche, Alexander Helwig Wyant, Władysław Malecki, and Jean Benner.