Karl von Blaas

Karl von Blaas (1815-94) was the eldest representative of a family of distinguished Austrian painters. He was born at Nanders (Tyrol) and studied at the Academy of Venice. In 1837 he received the Roman prize of the Academy of Venice. At Rome he came under the influence of the Nazarenes and devoted himself to religious subjects.

Paintings

* "Jacob's Journey through the Desert" (Museum of Venice)
* "Visitation" (Innsbruck Museum)
* "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School" (Venice Museum)
* "Tullia Driving over her Father's Body" (1832)
* "Rape of Venetian Brides in Sixth Century" (1858); Innsbruck Museum)
* "Ekkehard Carrying the Duchess of Suabia across the Threshold of the Monastery"

He received a professorship at the Academy of Vienna in 1850. In 1855 he received a prize at the Paris Exposition for his painting "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School", and accepted a professorship at the Academy of Venice in the same year. He returned to Vienna in 1866 where he wrote "Autobiographie", (Vienna, 1876), which contains information on his sons, Eugene de Blaas and Julius von Blaas. He produced many portraits, religious canvases, and frescoes.

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