Friedrich Dürck (1809 - 1884)

Friedrich Dürck

Friedrich Dürck was a German (Saxon) painter of the mid-nineteenth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, portraitist and genre painter.

Dürck gained recognition after a public exhibition of his painting in 1828 in Munich. In 1836 he traveled to Italy, working in Rome and Florence. After returning to Munich, the artist portrayed members of society and the Bavarian court, including King Ludwig I. In 1849 he received an invitation from the Swedish court and in 1854 from the Austrian court. From 1860 he worked more on genre and costume paintings. Some of his works are in the Weimar Art Collection.