Artist

Josef Kriehuber

Portrait of Josef Kriehuber

Austrian, 1800–1876

Josef Kriehuber was an Austrian Romanticism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Josef Kriehuber was born in Vienna.

Josef Kriehuber was an Austrian lithographer and painter, notable for the high quality of his lithographic portraits. A prolific yet meticulous artist, he made numerous portraits of near-photographic detail for nobility, well-known personalities, and government officials. Josef Kriehuber left more than 3000 lithographs, with portraits of many people including some of the most illustrious figures of mid-19th century Central Europe.

Collections represented

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