Gustav Wertheimer

He trained under Carl Mayer and Joseph von Führich at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1863 to 1867, and under Wilhelm von Dietz at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.

He exhibited the large historical painting Nero während des Brandes in Rom ('Nero during the Fire in Rome') at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair.

[1] According to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, "His compositions take on a fantastic character, seeming to belong to the realm of dreams, and are tainted with anguish and anxiety.

"[1] Wertheimer was awarded medals at exhibitions in Amsterdam, London, New Orleans and Paris, and received honourable mentions at the Expositions Universelle of 1889 and 1900.

[2] However, his obituary in the Viennese magazine Sport & Salon was flattering:In Vienna, one could only see relatively few works by the master in art exhibitions, since Wertheimer, if his pictures were not already sold off the easel, always sold them at the first exhibition in the Paris Salon.