Christian Griepenkerl (1839 - 1916)
1839-03-17Oldenburg, Germany1916-03-22Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918)Austria, Germany
Christian Griepenkerl
Christian Griepenkerl was an Austro-German painter of the last third of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known as a painter and teacher, a professor at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
Griepenkerl created many paintings of historical subjects and themes from ancient mythology, and was also a successful portraitist. As a teacher, he was famous for having twice prevented the young Adolf Hitler from taking the entrance examinations to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
Date and place of birt: | 17 march 1839, Oldenburg, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 22 march 1916, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918) |
Nationality: | Austria, Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Educator, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | History painting, Mythological painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Academism |