Jacob Alt (1789 - 1872)
1789-09-27Frankfurt, Germany1872-09-30Vienna, AustriaAustria, Germany
Jacob Alt
Jakob Alt was an Austrian landscape painter, graphic artist and lithographer. He studied painting at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
He travelled extensively through the Austrian Alps and the Danube regions, painting landscapes. For 5 years he lived and worked in Italy. During his travels the artist also collected an extensive herbarium, which is now preserved in the Provincial Museum of Lower Austria.
Date and place of birt: | 27 september 1789, Frankfurt, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 30 september 1872, Vienna, Austria |
Nationality: | Austria, Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter |
Genre: | Cityscape, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
Art style: | Romanticism |