EUGENE De BLAAS – Famous Italian / Austrian Artist (HD)

Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas, was an artist of great importance in the 19th century. The quality of his paintings is remarkable and the artist is still represented in many fine private collections throughout the world, in most notable institutions. De Blaas was born in Albano, Italy, on July 24th, 1843. His family was full of accomplished artists. His father, Karl von Blaas, was a portrait, history, and fresco painter as well as a sculptor. He was also a professor at the Vienna Academy of Fine Art followed by the Venice Academy of Fine Art. His mother, Agnesina Auda, was a well-to-do Roman woman. Eugene’s brother, Julius, was a painter of battle scenes and animals as well as an established watercolorist. He later became a professor at the Academy in Rome.