Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, January 15, 1793–August 23, 1865, was an Austrian painter born in Vienna. He studied intermittently at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1807 to 1813 under Hubert Maurer and Johann Baptist Lampi, supported himself as a portrait miniaturist, and worked as a drawing teacher and theatrical scene painter.
He returned to Vienna in 1817 and painted portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, and still lifes. He joined the teaching staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, advocated direct study of nature, and also taught privately; his students included Hans Canon, Anton Romako, and Adam Brenner.
His proposals to reform academic instruction brought him into conflict with the Academy; he lost his studio in 1850 and was suspended in 1857. After renewed international exhibitions, Emperor Franz Joseph rehabilitated him in 1864; Waldmüller died in Hinterbrühl in 1865, and major holdings of his work are preserved at the Belvedere and Wien Museum.
Boy With a Stable Lantern (Self-Portrait), 1825
Oil on panel, 14.4 × 11.8 in
Private Collection
Still Life With Roses, Strawberries, and Bread, 1827
Oil on wood, 11.4 × 14 in
Belvedere, Vienna
Maple Trees Near Ischl, 1831
Oil on wood, 12.2 × 9.8 in
Belvedere, Vienna
Rettenbach Gorge at Ischl, 1831
Painting
Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany
Johann Feldmüller With His Two Children, 1834
Oil
Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany
The Höllengebirge at Ischl, 1834
Oil on wood, 13 × 9.8 in
Belvedere, Vienna
Lake Fuschl with the Schafberg, c 1835
Oil on cardboard, 11.3 × 17.7 in
LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna
Portrait of Louise Mayer, 1836
Oil on panel, 12 × 10 in
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Emanuel Ritter von Neuwall, 1841
Oil on wood, 14.6 × 11.8 in
Wien Museum
Trailing Grapes, 1841
Oil on canvas, 15.4 × 18.9 in
Belvedere, Vienna
The Peep-Show Man, 1847
Oil on wood, 29.7 × 36.4 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
The Pilgrims Resting, 1859
Painting
Private Collection, Vienna
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