Alois Kirnig (1840 - 1911)
1840-06-10Prague, Czech Republic1911-01-25Prague, Czech RepublicGermany, Czech Republic
Alois Kirnig
Alois Kirnig is a German-Czech landscape painter and illustrator.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, then at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. The main subject of Kirnig's work is picturesque castles and landscape views of Bohemia and Germany, Austria and Italy. He also created many illustrations for magazines.
In 1866, Kirnig founded his own school of landscape painting. He was also the Czech forum for creative artists Umělecká beseda ("Artistic Discussion").
Date and place of birt: | 10 june 1840, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Date and place of death: | 25 january 1911, Prague, Czech Republic |
Nationality: | Germany, Czech Republic |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Genre: | Mountain landscape, Landscape painting |
Art style: | Realism, Romanticism |