Karl Kaufmann (painter)

Karl Kaufmann (born 1843 in Neuplachowitz, Austrian Silesia; † 27. April 1905 in Vienna) was an Austrian landscape and architectural painter.

Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon, 1884, Private collection
Venice – Canal Grande, cca. 1890, Private collection
View on Capri, cca. 1901

Life

Karl Kaufmann was a student at the Vienna Academy. His studies in the European North (Norway), to Holland, Germany (Franconia, Danzig, Königsberg) and often to Italy (Naples, Rome, Venice) gave him the motives for his numerous landscapes, including a remarkable number of views of Venice.

From 1900 Karl Kaufmann constantly lived in Vienna. He often signed his works using pseudonyms. Among various other names, Byon, H. Carnier, W. Carnier, F. Gilbert, O. Halm, C.Charpentier, J. Holmstedt, Charles Marchand, R. Merkner, B. Lambert, E. Leutner, M. Heger, Hobart, L. van Howe / van Hove, R. Jäger, Laarsen, Lundberg, F. Marchant, J. Marchant, C. Poul, F. Rodek, J. Rollin, Taupiac, L. Voigt or R. Benda, have often been used.[1]
Today the majority of Karl Kaufmann's paintings is privately owned. Some of his paintings have been sold in art auctions for considerable prices (32,450 GBP).[2][3]

References
  1. [Heinrich Fuchs: Die österreichischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Wien 1973, Band 2 K 103]
  2. Karl Kaufmann auctioned at Sothebys
  3. Karl Kaufmann at Blouinartinfo
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