Anton Altmann

Anton Altmann, who was born in Vienna in 1808, studied from nature, and under the instruction of Mössmer at the Academy. After being instructor in drawing to Count Apponyi in Hungary, he settled in Vienna, and became famous as a landscape painter. He died there in 1871. Among his most important works are the following:

• Cloister of the Convent 'Maria Schein,' in Bohemia. 1838.
• Forest Scene. 1840.
• Marshy Landscape. 1846.
• Evening Landscape. 1847.
• Spring In a Forest. 1851.
• The Mill. 1851.

Altmann executed landscapes in water-colour; and also etched from his own designs.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "Altmann, Anton" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.