Karl Knabl (26 January 1850 – 15 June 1904) was a German landscape and genre painter.

Karl Knabl

Biography edit

He was born in Munich, the son of sculptor Joseph Knabl. He first practiced sculpture under his father's instruction, but became a genre painter as a pupil of Karl Theodor von Piloty. Of his genre paintings, his motifs usually involved the lower classes of society.[1]

Paintings edit

  • German: Der bestohlene Geizhals, ("The robbed miser", 1874).
  • Die Schusterwerkstatt, ("The cobbler's workshop", 1875).
  • Die kleinen Zitherspieler ("The small zither player", 1878).
  • An Undiscovered Genius (1879).
  • Die Holzfahrt im bayrischen Hochgebirge ("The ride through the woods in the Bavarian mountains", 1883).
  • Wilderer, ("Poachers", 1890).
  • Auf der Alm, ("On the Alm", 1897).[1][2]

References edit

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Knabl, Joseph" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  1. ^ a b Knabl Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 11. Leipzig 1907, S. 163.
  2. ^ Hitz - Kozub / edited by Rudolf Vierhaus Deutsche BIographische Enzyklopaedie