Painter. He received notoriety in the 19th century as a German artist. He painted landscapes with sunset with brightly-colored skies. Born in Munich, Germany he spent his entire life there. At the Academy of Art in Munich he was a pupil of Peter von Cornelius and initially trained in his historical paintings. In 1828 he changed his subject to landscapes. This was not a subject taught at the Academy of Art, hence at the age of 17 years old, he began touring the Bavarian and Austrian Alps. He produced a selection of sketches and watercolors rich in the mood of nature. Later he painted oil on canvas. He held exhibitions at the Munich Kunstverein. His career break came in 1841 with the sale of "Sunset in the Dachauer Moos" to Russian Colonel Andreas Barischnikoff. His paintings were known and asked for with sunsets. In 1900 according to German historian, Hyacinth Holland, he said about Zwengauer, "in the face of every clear evening, there was talk of a "real dwarf". In 1835 Maximilian II, King of Bavaria, appointed him conservator of the picture gallery of Schloss Schleissheim and in 1869 promoted him to the same post in the royal picture gallery, the later Alte Pinakothek. His son, Anton Georg Zwengauer, became a well-known painter. A street in Solln in south Munich was named in his honor. His 1848 painting "Lake of Constance, Sunset" is on displayed a the Victorian and Albert Museum in London, England. He has dozens of paintings on online auction sites with an average asking price of $200 to $1,000 depending on the piece.
Painter. He received notoriety in the 19th century as a German artist. He painted landscapes with sunset with brightly-colored skies. Born in Munich, Germany he spent his entire life there. At the Academy of Art in Munich he was a pupil of Peter von Cornelius and initially trained in his historical paintings. In 1828 he changed his subject to landscapes. This was not a subject taught at the Academy of Art, hence at the age of 17 years old, he began touring the Bavarian and Austrian Alps. He produced a selection of sketches and watercolors rich in the mood of nature. Later he painted oil on canvas. He held exhibitions at the Munich Kunstverein. His career break came in 1841 with the sale of "Sunset in the Dachauer Moos" to Russian Colonel Andreas Barischnikoff. His paintings were known and asked for with sunsets. In 1900 according to German historian, Hyacinth Holland, he said about Zwengauer, "in the face of every clear evening, there was talk of a "real dwarf". In 1835 Maximilian II, King of Bavaria, appointed him conservator of the picture gallery of Schloss Schleissheim and in 1869 promoted him to the same post in the royal picture gallery, the later Alte Pinakothek. His son, Anton Georg Zwengauer, became a well-known painter. A street in Solln in south Munich was named in his honor. His 1848 painting "Lake of Constance, Sunset" is on displayed a the Victorian and Albert Museum in London, England. He has dozens of paintings on online auction sites with an average asking price of $200 to $1,000 depending on the piece.
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