Lot 448: Lake Mondsee

Hansch Anton, Wien 1813 - Salzburg 1876, Lake Mondsee, Oil/wood, 24,5 x 32,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. Hansch 1878. - Austrian landscape painter. H. was pupil of J. Mößmer at the Vienna academy. Since an exhibition in 1838 he was patronized by archduke Franz Karl; the imperial family bought many of his paintings. One year later H. was awarded a gold medal. In 1848 he became member of the Vienna academy. He travelled Austria extensively a. specialized in Alpine landscapes. He was also exhibited in Berlin, Brussels, Munich a. London. - Mus.: Vienna, Prague a. others. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.