Michael Rieser

Portrait of Kaiser Franz Joseph, 1855.

Michael Rieser (5 September 1828 in Schlitters 9 November 1905 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1848 to 1850 under Christian Ruben. After a stay in Rome (1861-1864) he moved to Vienna, and taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule there from 1868 to 1888. His students included Gustav Klimt and Franz von Matsch.

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