Ender, Thomas 1793 - 1875There are 2 products.

Austrian landscape artist
Thomas Ender (Vienna, Austria, 1793 - Vienna, Austria, 1875). Painter, watercolourist, engraver and draughtsman. Twin brother of Johann Ender (1793-1854), who was also a painter. In 1806, at the age of 13, he began his studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien [Vienna Academy of Fine Arts]. Devoted his efforts to landscape painting in watercolours. He received various prizes from the academy, most notably the grand prize for painting in 1817 in the landscape category. The prize-winning painting was acquired by Prince Metternich (1773-1859), who became his principal patron. Came to Brazil in 1817, on the Natural History Scientific Expedition, which accompanied the Austrian delegation on the occasion of the marriage of the Archduchess Maria Leopoldina (1797-1826) with Dom Pedro I (1798-1834). During his short stay of 10 months, he painted panoramas of the coast and urban scenes, portraying churches, public buildings and squares. Despite executing a little more than 700 works on Brazil, he neither produced nor published an album of this material. At the same time, some of his creations appear in books by natural historians of the time. This set of works is preserved in the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna. He returned to Austria in 1818, and in the following year, accompanied the emperor Francis I (1768-1835) on travels to Italy, subsequently receiving a scholarship to Rome. In 1824, he was appointed a member of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste of Vienna, remaining in the position until 1850. From 1829 onwards, in parallel to his position at the academy, he became the official court painter to Archduke Johann (1782-1859), the brother of the emperor Francis I. In this position, he painted landscapes of the Austrian Alps and the travels of the archduke.