Ferdinand von Rayski (1806 – 1890) was a German painter noted for his portraits. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e
Rayski was born in 1806 in Pegau. Pegau, a town in the Leipzig district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile country on the Weiße Elster, 18 m From 1816 to 1821 he studied drawing under Traugott Faber at the Freimaurerinstitut in Dresden and from 1823 to 1825 studied at Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German The Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He began his career as a professional artist in 1829, painting portraits of his noble relatives in Hannover and Silesia. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people From 1831 to 1834 he lived in Dresden, where he received numerous portrait commissions. He traveled to Paris in 1834-35, and was influenced by the works of Delacroix, Géricault and Gros. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 &ndash 13 August 1863 was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of Théodore Géricault ( September 26, 1791 &ndash January 26, 1824) was an important French painter and lithographer known for Baron Antoine-Jean Gros ( March 16, 1771 - June 25, 1835) was a French painter, born in Paris Rayski gained a reputation as a distinguished portrait painter, but also produced animal and hunting scenes, as well as, yet less frequently, military, historical and mythological paintings. He lived in Dresden from 1840 until his death in 1890. [1]