Career
History painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Heinrich Hess, Clemens Zimmermann,
and Julius Schnorr, then of Olivier. Assisted Schnorr in the decoration of the Royal Palace in Munich, and in 1846 Kaulbach, by whom he was much influenced, in that of
the Berlin Museum. Order of Saint Michael,
Works: Saint George, Peter Delivered from Prison.
Walk to Emmaus.
Battle in Lech Valley in 955 (1860),
Treaty of Pavia (both in Maximilianeum). Barbarossa"s Wedding (1865), Burial of Walther von der Vogelweide (both in National Museum, Munich). Four Elements (1865);
Telegraphy and Railroad Travelling (1862), Central Railway Station, Munich.
Thirty Scenes from Wagner"s Operas (Royal Palace, Munich).
Fancy and Poetry (1873). Aurora;
Twelve Months represented by Children"s Figures.