Eduard Swoboda

Eduard Swoboda (14 November 1814, in Vienna – 13 September 1902, in Hallstatt) was an Austrian portrait, history and genre painter.

In 1833, as a member of the "Schule der historischen Zeichnungsgründe", he was awarded the Gundel-Prize, for his excellence in the six major art categories.

The following year, he left Austria for Bohemia, where he initially painted portraits in Karlsbad, then continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, with Christian Ruben.

A large cycle of portraits of artists living in Vienna became very popular, through a series of lithographs.

Some of his best known works are frescoes; including wall paintings at churches in Trumau, Reichenau and Schemnitz.