Wagner, Alexander von |
| PAINTER (AUSTRIAN EMPIRE) |
|
BORN 16 Apr 1838, Pest - DIED 19 Jan 1919, München, Bayern BIRTH NAME Wagner, Sándor GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Alter Südfriedhof, Thalkirchnerstrasse 17 (30-13-17) |
|
Sandór Wagner was born in Pest as the son of the notary and judge Sándor Wagner (1800-1843) and Maria Katharina born Raits (b.1803). He studied with the history painter Henrik Weber (1818-1866). From 1854 he was a student of Karl von Blaas at the Academy in Vienna. His fellow student Alexander von Liezen-Mayer became a close friend. Together they continued their studies in Munich where Wagner studied under Carl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1888). He created his first monumental painting "Die Selbstaufopferung des Titusz Dugovics" in 1859. In 1864 he married Bertha Oldenbourg, the daughter of a publisher from Munich. In 1864 and 1866 he travelled to Italy and Spain. In 1866 the Empress Elisabeth sat for him. He was a member of the circle of painters around Franz von Lenbach. He worked as an assistant to Hermann Anschütz at the Art Academy in Munich before he became a professor there himself. His pupils included Mihály von Munkácsy. For his services, he became Ritter von Wagner in 1898. After his death in 1919 a posthumous exhibition was organized at the Glaspalast in Munich in 1920. Related persons • painted Elisabeth von Bayern, Kaiserin von Österreich • was teacher of Munkácsy, Mihály • was pupil of Piloty, Karl Theodor von |
| Images |
 The grave of Alexander von Wagner at the Alte Südfriedhof, München. Picture by Androom (22 Aug 2008) |
Sources • Hufnagel, Max Joseph, Berühmte Tote im Südlichen Friedhof zu München, Zeke Verlag, Würzburg, 1983 • Sándor Wagner - Wikipedia (DE) |
