FRIEDRICH VON AMERLING
(April 14, 1803–January 14, 1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter
in the court of Franz Josef. He was born in Vienna and was court painter between
1835 and 1880. With Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller he is one of the outstanding Austrian
portrait painters of the 19th century.
Amerling created over 1000 works, mostly portraits. He was the most popular portrait painter of the high aristocracy and the large middle class of the Biedermeier period. The years from 1830 to 1850 represent the high point of his work. His style has points of similarity to that of Ingres, combining clarity of outline with rich coloration.
The child in the works of Friedrich von Amerling:
Amerling, Fisherboy, 1830, oil on canvas
Amerling
Amerling, Princess Marie Franziska
von Liechtenstein,
1836, oil on cardboard
Amerling, Little Bertha von Neuhaus
with a Hare,
1830, oil on canvas
Amerling, Portrait of Younger
Brother Joseph, 1830
Amerling, Young Girl, 1834, 44x40cm, oil on canvas
Amerling, Oil sketch for the
portrait of the future Duke Johann II von Liechtenstein, 1844-45
Amerling, Portrait of the
future Duke Johann II von Liechtenstein, 1845
Amerling, Portrait of Princess
Karoline von Liechtenstein aged one and a half, 1837
Amerling, Mother and Children
Amerling, Eduard-Edler von Mosel
Amerling, Count August Ferdinand
Breuner-Enckevoirt with Wife Maria-Theresia Esterhazy and both Kids, 1834
Amerling, Lost In Her Dreams, 1835, oil on canvas