Background
Rudolf von Alt was born on August 28, 1812 in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of the lithographer Jakob Alt (1789-1871) and the brother of the painter Franz Alt (1821-1914).
Rudolf von Alt was born on August 28, 1812 in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of the lithographer Jakob Alt (1789-1871) and the brother of the painter Franz Alt (1821-1914).
He studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna.
Rudolf von Alt painted landscapes with his brush using watercolors in a very realistic and detailed style. In 1833, inspired by a visit to Venice and neighbouring cities, he made a number of architectural paintings.
Alt demonstrated a remarkable talent for expressing certain peculiarities in nature. His later works came closer to Impressionism. The painting of interior views also became one of his strong points, giving him attention in Vienna.
He visited and worked for a while in Rome and Naples; after that he visited the lakes of Lombardy, then Galicia, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Bavaria and then returned multiple times to Italy. In 1863 he went to the Crimea to paint some views of an estate of the Empress, and in 1867 he went to Sicily.
Rudolf von Alt died on March 12, 1905 in Vienna, Austria.
The Cathedral Square in Como
The St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
The Library of the Palais Lanckoronski, Vienna
The Spittler in Nuremberg
The parish church in Ofen
St. Mark's Square in Venice with Austrian military
Mortuary in a palace
View of Salzburg
Torquato Tassos Vaterhaus in Sorrent bei Neapel
The courtyard of the Doge's Palace in Venice
Trautson Palace in Vienna
View of Naples
View from Buda Ferencáros
The line of Hunter in Vienna
View of the Stephansdom from Stock im Eisen Platz
The Town Hall in Mödling
View of Bad Gastein
Ruins of Diocletian at Spalato
The Heathens
Mountain landscape with the Grundlsee
The large pine in Gastein
View of Salzburg
The Imperial Palace Livadia in the Crimea
View of Ischl
The main square in Bratislava
Lower Austrian country house in Vienna Viewed from Minoritenplatz
The Capitol in Rome
View of Ragusa
Yursuff
The iron foundry in Kitschelt Skodagasse in Vienna
View from the Monastery of Sant 'Onofrio in Rome
The banking and stock exchange building in the Lord, Vienna
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
View from the chapel Rosalie
Storm on Lake Garda
Lake Traun
The Morning Room of the Palais Lanckoronski, Vienna
The parish church in Ofen
The Pantheon and the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome
Interior view of the Palm House of Lednice Castle
The fish market in Rome
Castellammare on the Gulf of Naples
The Bay of Cattaro in Dalmatia
The iron foundry in Kitschelt Skodagasse in Vienna
The library in the Palais Dumba
The Josef square in Vienna
Count Casimir Batthyány in his saloon at Castle Siklós
Hoher Dachstein from Lower Gosau
Jewish temple in the city Leopold
The large market in Vienna
Interieur of castleIn Renaissance Style
Altausseersee with Trisselwand
Michaelerplatz and carbon market in Vienna
Salon in the Apartment of Count Lanckoroński in Vienna
The St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
The library in the Palais Dumba
The Castle of San Lorenzo in Ragusa
The large pine in Gastein
View of Arsenal Museum
Hof Church in Vienna
The St. Nicholas Church in Gastein
The St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
The Office of Count Lanckoronski, Vienna
The cemetery in Gastein
Wegsäule Spinner at the cross
View of the Ducal Palace in Venice
Motif from Goisern
The Turkish Salon, Villa Hügel, Hietzing, Vienna
Perchtoldsdorf
Galician gypsies
View of Klosterneuburg
The landing site in Stein an der Donau
Holy Trinity Greek Church, Vienna
The Town Hall in Mödling
A View Of Monreale, Above Palermo
Hallstatt
Watercolour of Steyr Bummerlhaus
The Esplanade in Ischl
View of Böckstein and the entrance to Anlauftal
Figures on a Bridge over a Stream at Gastein
The tomb of Emperor Frederick III in the Stephansdom in Vienna
The Cathedral of Capri
Rush hour traffic on the national road
Schwarzenberg Palace
Figures on the Riva degli Schiavone
The iron foundry in Kitschelt Skodagasse in Vienna
View of Passau
View of the Old Town Square with the Church in Prague They
The studio before the auction
Interior in Palace Windischgratz in the race in Vienna