Thomas Ender
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Thomas Ender was an Austria
Austria
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n painter
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.

Biography

He was twin brother of Johann Ender
Johann Ender
Johann Nepomuk Ender was an Austrian painter.-Biography:As a portrait painter, he was successful at an early age. In 1818-1819, he made a tour of Italy, Turkey and Greece, remaining in Rome 1820-1826...

. He also studied at the Vienna Academy, becoming a noted landscape painter. He won the grand prize at the Vienna Academy in 1816. Going to Brazil
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 in 1817, he brought back nearly a thousand drawings and water color
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s. He visited Italy
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, Palestine
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, Greece
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 and Paris
Paris
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. In 1836, he became corrector and later professor at the Vienna Academy, filling that chair until 1849.

Works

Among his works are:
  • “View of Grossglockner”
  • “Castle Tyrol”
  • “Coast of Sorento”
  • “View of Rio de Janeiro” (Vienna Academy)
  • “Chapel in the Woods” (National Gallery, Berlin)
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