August von Bayer

In the mid-1820s he went to Munich, with the intention of pursuing a career in architecture, but soon turned to painting instead.

His architectural education did, however provide him with a knowledge of construction rare amongst painters.

He combined this knowledge with outstanding gifts as a colourist, which allowed him to tackle the most subtle effects of light.

[1] In the early 1840s he moved to Baden-Baden, where his work came to the attention of a wider circle of prominent admirers, including Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Hanover, and Queen Augusta of Prussia.

[1] In 1853 he was appointed him conservator of the monuments and antiquities in the Grand Duchy of Baden,[2] a post to which he brought more of an aesthetic than a scientific outlook.