!!!Alt, Rudolf von

b. Vienna, Aug. 28, 1812, 
d. Vienna, March 12, 1905, painter and Austria's most important 
watercolourist; son of Jakob  Alt, brother of Franz  Alt. At an early 
age coloured the lithographs of his father. Studied at the Vienna 
Academy with J.  Moessmer at the Vienna Academy, often accompanied and 
worked with his father. From 1830 travelled the lands of the Austrian 
Empire, Bavaria, Switzerland, Italy and the Crimean peninsula, in the 
course of which he created a series of landscapes and views of towns, 
also depicting interiors. In 1867 he declined a professorship at the 
Vienna Academy; in his later years the Viennese cityscape once more 
became the recurrent subject of his paintings; numerous awards and 
prizes, founding member of the Vienna "Kuenstlerhaus", 1897 Honorary 
President of the Vienna "Secession". While paying attention to the 
detailed representation of nature in his early years, his later works 
displayed more freedom of style with almost impressionist elements, 
especially where he aimed at capturing light, colour and atmosphere 
using a varnishing technique.

!Literature
W. Koschatzky, R. v. A., 1975.



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