August Von Pettenkofen

Place: Vienna

Born: 1822

Death: 1889

Biography:

August von Pettenkofen (10 May 1822 – 21 March 1889) was an Austrian painter. Pettenkofen was born in Vienna his father was a merchant and landowner. He grew up on his father's estate in Galicia. After his father's death, he grew up with the family of his cousin Ferdinand von Saar in Vienna. In 1834, giving up a military career, he became a student...