Art Dealers

Hans Makart

Hans Makart (1840 - 1884) was active/lived in Austria.  Hans Makart is known for Painting.

Hans Makart (1840 - 1884)
When Hans Makart moved from Munich to Vienna to take up a highly official appointment in 1869, he was by no means an unknown quantity. The previous year he had achieved extraordinary success with two cycles of paintings (Modern Cupids, and Plague in Florence) which were shockingly unusual for their time. This related to their chromaticity as much as to their content, which bore no relation to contemporary decorative paintings of accepted historical textbook character. In Vienna, it was hoped Hans Makart would bring a breath of fresh air to the Ringstrasse which was then undergoing construction. At first official commissions had to wait, as private clients from industry, business and the upper classes were immediately interested in him. Hans Makart created vast areas of painted décor for salons, dining rooms etc. in Viennese palaces, and quickly became the most sought-after portrait artist in the imperial metropolis. His portraits o   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1141 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 204 auction lots for Hans Makart (of which 148 auction records sold and 2 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Hans Makart as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Hans Makart in 0 of its research Essays. Hans Makart has 4 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Hans Makart available:    Johann Elias Ridinger,  Ferdinand Keller,  Alois Hans Schram,  Telemaco Signorini,  Gustavo Simoni,  Albert Von Keller,  Francesco Hayez,  Anselm Feuerbach,  Heinrich Friedrich Fuger,  Andreas Lach,  Franz Seraph Von Lenbach,  Simon Glücklich,  Fritz Klimsch,  Friedrich Gauermann,  Leo Putz,  Max Klinger,  Gaston La Touche,  Albrecht Durer,  Vincenzo Irolli,  Emil Jakob Schindler,  Olga Wisinger-Florian,  Otto Pilny,  Anton Romako,  Robert Russ