Karger, Karl#

Karger, Karl, b. Vienna, Jan. 30, 1848, d. Vienna, Oct. 18, 1913, painter. Studied under C. von Blaas at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and became assistant of E. von Engerth, with whom he worked on the interior decoration of the Vienna State Opera. 1887-1908 taught at the Vienna school of arts and Crafts. Created ceiling paintings, sgraffiti and frescoes in academic style for numerous buildings of the Vienna Ringstrasse boulevard (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgtheater, Museum of Applied Art).

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