Joseph Flüggen

Training under Karl von Piloty is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is art. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with genre painting. Karl von Piloty is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich and Europe.

• Name — Joseph Flüggen • Born — 3 April 1842 • Birthplace — Munich • Place of death — Munich • Known for — art, Painting • Training — Munich Academy • Movement — Historical Painting

Flüggen enrolled at the Munich Academy in 1856. By 1859 he became a student of Karl Theodor von Piloty, under whose influence he began to paint historical paintings. In 1866 Flüggen brought his studies to an end and traveled to Paris, London, Brussels and Antwerp. It was in Antwerp that he painted under the direction of Hendrik Leys. At the end of the 1870s there emerged a series of works on the subject of Wagnerian opera, which brought him to the attention of Ludwig II of Bavaria, who appointed him court theater painter. Flüggen died in 1906. Although not as prolific as many of his contemporaries, his works have a track record of successful auction transactions with prices recorded up to $20,000. Auction houses that have featured his work include: Bonhams, Dorotheum, and Neumeister among others.