About Eduard Hau
Lived 1807 – 1888 (aged 80). Eduard Hau was a Russian painter, lithographer, watercolorist, printmaker, draftsperson and graphic artist.
Eduard Hau, sometimes erranously "Gau" (Russian: Эдуа́рд Петро́вич Га́у; 28 July 1807 in Reval, Russian Empire – 3 January 1888 in Dorpat or c. 1887 in Saint-Petersburg) was a Baltic German painter and draughtsman, best known for his interior portraits of the Russian imperial residences.
Life and work
He was the son of painter Johannes Hau, who had emigrated from Northern Germany in 1795, and he grew up in the German community of Tallinn ("Reval" in German). His mother was Annette Juliane, née Nielsen. His half-brother was the painter Woldemar Hau. From 1830 to 1832, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He also produced well-known portraits of Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1837, lithograph) and Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern (1838, oil painting).
Portraits
Selected lithographs of the professors
Watercolors
Interiors of the Winter Palace
Interiors of the Great Gatchina Palace
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Who was Eduard Hau?
Baltic German painter and graphic artist (1807-1888)
When was Eduard Hau born?
Eduard Hau was born on 28 July 1807 in Tallinn.
When did Eduard Hau die?
Eduard Hau died on 3 January 1888 in Tartu.
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Eduard Hau was a painter, lithographer, watercolorist, printmaker, draftsperson and graphic artist.
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Eduard Hau was Russian.
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