!!!Arthaber, Rudolf von
b. Vienna, Sept. 4, 1795,
d. Vienna, Dec. 9, 1867, manufacturer, wholesaler, art collector; 1819
took over his father´s textile business in Vienna, set up
subsidiaries in Pest (Budapest), Milan and Rome and 1826 a trading
company in Leipzig. 1837 co-founder of the Lower Austrian
Craftsmen´s Association. Promoted the development of independent
design in Vienna. As an art collector initiated the establishment of
the Austrian Art Association in 1850. After his death his collection
of paintings was auctioned.
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