Aloïs Schönn, Goose-Market in Cracow, Vintage Print, 1869, 1869

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Alois Schönn (born March 11, 1826 in Vienna , died September 16, 1897 in Krumpendorf , Austria ) was an … Read more Alois Schönn (born March 11, 1826 in Vienna , died September 16, 1897 in Krumpendorf , Austria ) was an Austrian historian and genre painter . He specialized in oriental genre pictures. Alois Schönn was after the visit of the Unterrealschule and a year of commercial school as a diurnist in the Treasury. He took private lessons with Leander Russ , from 1841/42 he studied engraving, and from 1845 to 1848 historian painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Joseph von Führich and Edward van der Nüll . He participated in the Italian campaign and painted his first battles. In the following years he undertook numerous study trips to Hungary, France, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, Galicia and Holland. In 1861 he became a member of the Cooperative of Fine Artists of Vienna , in 1866 he was a member of the Vienna Academy, and in 1877 honorary ao. Professor ebendort. For his contributions to the Viennese world exhibition in 1873 , he received the Order of Franz Joseph . In 1898 the Schönngasse was named after him in Vienna Leopoldstadt (2nd district). Works Homecoming Hungary from the campaign 1848/49 , oil on wood, 1853, 51 × 66 cm, military history museum , Vienna. The storming of the encamped camp of Lodrone on 22 May 1848 , Oil on canvas, 1851, 150 × 200 cm, Army History Museum, Vienna Farewell of the volunteers to Italy on April 3, 1848 , Vienna Museum See less