Franz Richard Unterberger Biography | Oil Paintings.

Franz Richard Unterberger attended Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1853 at the age of sixteen, where he was a student of Clemens von Zimmermann and Julius Lange. From 1860 Franz Richard Unterberger attended the Academy in Dusseldorf to study with Oswald Achenbach and 1864 moved to Brussels as an independent painter.

From Brussels, he visited southern France, and towards the end of the sixties, southern Italy, where he was captivated by its landscape. This soon became for Franz Richard Unterberger the center for his artistic creation, the radiant beachfront landscapes of the Adriatic, and Venice, with its magnificent structures, picturesque corners, and the bustle of its people. Unterberger's bright palette and his ability to capture light found a ready market among the burgeoning middle classes for his scenic Italian paintings featuring intimate views and large vistas of Italy’s iconic cities. At the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, he exhibited the painting The Bay of Naples. Throughout his painting career, Franz Richard Unterberger produced many artworks which can be classified into three main types, genre painting, cityscape genre, and landscape genre

Franz Richard Unterberger was a Romantic-style painter of architecture, water scenes, and landscapes. In the mid-1880’s, Franz Richard Unterberger exhibited in Venezuela and London at the International Universal Exhibition. In the 1890’s, the majority of his works of art revolved around Venetian and South Italian scenes.

Art Movement: Romanticism Art.
Artists Influencing Franz Richard Unterberger: Clemens von Zimmermann, Julius Long, Oswald Achenbach.
He Traveled To Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, England, Venezuela, Norway, Denmark.
Artist Biography compiled by Albert L. Mansour at The World's Artist.