Anton von Werner worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Anton von Werner as German painter (1843-1915).
Anton von Werner was born at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1843. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Prussian Academy of Arts and Academy of Arts, Berlin.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as painter and history painter.
An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
Recognition followed: Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class.
That the work was made in Germany shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Anton von Werner died in 1915, aged 72. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class
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