# MAURER, Hubert

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1738–1818
- Profession: painter
- School: Austrian

## Biography

Austrian painter. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. From 1772 until about 1776, he was one of a group of artists provided with a pension. He was also one of the first Academy artists awarded a scholarship to Rome. He specialized in portraits and religious subjects. From 1785 he taught at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for 32 years, where his students included - among others - Moritz Michael Daffinger, Peter Fendi, Friedrich von Amerling, Johann Baptist von Lampi and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. The classes consisted mainly of drawing lessons.

## Related artworks

- [Odysseus with Circe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maurer-hubert-rc0722d267b6990/odysseus-with-circe-r66be04330fe737>)

## Attribution

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