c 1871
\nResidenzgalerie Salzburg, 1<\/p>\n
With his opulent \u201cMakart style\u201d, Hans Makart left his mark on an entire epoch. In 1869, Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him to Vienna, where he was given a studio and an apartment at the expense of the state.
\nThe portrait of his first wife, Amalie, painted around 1870\/71, is one of a small series of the artist’s private portraits in which he skilfully conveyed character and vivid expressive force. Amalie’s face is painted with a fine brush, in carefully glazed flesh tones, whereas the dress and hat are more roughly sketched. Amalie died some two years after the portrait was completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hans Makart Amalie Makart, n\u00e9e Roithmayr (1846 Munich \u2013 1873 Munich). The Artist\u2019s First Wife, \u221e 7.11.1868 c 1871 Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 1 With his opulent \u201cMakart style\u201d, Hans Makart left his mark on an entire epoch. In 1869, Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him to Vienna, where he was given a studio and an apartment […]<\/p>\n