Anton Zwengauer

Anton Zwengauer ( born October 11, 1810 in Munich, † June 13, 1884 ) was a German painter of the Biedermeier period.

Early Zwengauer came to the art academy of his native town, where he was inter alia Student of Peter von Cornelius. Through whose influence Zwengauer turned to landscape painting and it soon surpassed his teacher.

Only 17 years old Zwengauer began to tour the Bavarian and Austrian Alps and brought from every trip a rich selection of sketches and watercolors. His artistic breakthrough came in with a sunset in the Dachau moss, and this subject was very well known, especially in the Munich art scene and in demand. His sunsets were so well known that one half in admiration, half ironically spoke at paintings with sunsets of " Zwengauern ".

1835 appointed him King Maximilian II of Bavaria for conservator of the paintings gallery Schleissheim Palace and 1869 became Zwengauer in the same position at the court of the Royal Picture Gallery, the Alte Pinakothek later.

In his choice of motifs Zwengauer always tried to portray the natural landscapes inherent strength and peace in a mood almost solemn. He often painted sunsets. The realized Zwengauer with simple means remarkable light and color effects.

At the age of 73 years, the painter Anton Zwengauer died on 13 June 1884 in Munich.

The landscape painter Anton Georg Zwengauer was his son; the Bavarian Lieutenant Colonel Karl Zwengauer his grandson.

Works (selection)

• Supper on the Mountain (1841 )
• Autumn evening with deer on the water
• Benediktenwand in the evening light
• The Four Seasons