Aloys-Gustav Rockstuhl (1798 - 1877)
1798-10-26Vilnius, Russian Empire1877-02-08St. Petersburg, Russian EmpireLithuania, Russia, Russian Empire
Aloys-Gustav Rockstuhl
Aloys-Gustav Rockstuhl (Russian: Алоизий Петрович Рокштуль) was a mid-nineteenth-century Russian artist of Baltic-German origin. He is known as a hereditary miniaturist painter, portrait painter, draftsman, and lithographer.
Aloys-Gustav Rockstuhl had the title of court painter. Almost all of his work consisted of creating miniatures for the Imperial couple - Russian and foreign. The artist painted many portraits of Russian emperors and members of the imperial family.
Date and place of birt: | 26 october 1798, Vilnius, Russian Empire |
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Date and place of death: | 8 february 1877, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Nationality: | Lithuania, Russia, Russian Empire |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Draftsman, Miniaturist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Portrait |
Art style: | Romanticism, Neoclassicism, Rococo |