Franz von Defregger
(Austrian, 1835-1921).
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Briefleserin / Reading a Letter (c.1880).
Oil on canvas.
Between 1867 and 1870, Defregger worked with Hans Makart and Gabriel of Max in the studio of the Munich history painter Piloty.
He was professor of history painting from 1878 to 1910 at the Munich Art Academy. He preferred portraits, rustic motifs from the everyday life, and dramatic scenes from the Tyrolean national uprising of 1809.