Austrian School Of The Late 19th Century. Anton Carl Baworowski (1853-1927),

Austrian School of the late 19th century. Anton Carl Baworowski (1853-1927), Oil on panel, gallant conversation between a soldier and an elegant woman. Dimensions: 16 X 21.5 Later frame in the Louis XV style, 24.5 X 30 Anton Carl Baworowski (1853-1927), was an Austrian painter specializing in genre and history painting, as well as an illustrator. Coming from a Polish noble family, he began his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the direction of Karl von Blaas, Eduard von Engerth, Carl Wurzinger and Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger. He then continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm Dürr the Elder. After completing his studies, he moved to Munich in 1883. In his early years in Munich, Baworowski devoted himself to small-scale history painting, with meticulous and detailed execution. From 1892 onwards, he turned mainly to illustration, working in particular for children's books and magazines. His illustrated works include The Talisman and Other Stories by Paul Bourget (Berlin, 1905), The World of Beetles by Karl Sajó (Leipzig, 1910) and A Defeated Hero / A Story of War and Victory by Margarete von Oertzen (Schwerin, 1916).