Artist: Franz Pforr (1788 - 1812)
Nationality: German
Movement: Romanticism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Franz Pforr was a founding member of the Nazarenes. Inititally from Germany, he moved to Rome with the group in 1810. His paintings focused on fantastical subjects with a medieval setting and were characterized by their bright colors and detail. Pforr perished from tuberculosis two years after he arrived in Rome.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Georg Baselitz - Mann im Mond- Franz Pforr (Man in the Moon - Franz Pforr) 1965 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Franz Stober, Franz Napoleon, Herzog von Reichstadt, 18th - 19th century
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Franz Geritz, Mt. San Jacinto, 1927
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Franz Geritz, Mt. Whitney, 1927
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Franz Geritz, Butte Mt., 1924
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Franz Geritz, The Magyar, 1924
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Franz von Stuck, Muenchen 1913, 1913
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Franz Geritz, Merry Christmas, 1930
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Franz, Der Konigsbergische Creis, 1793
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Aaron Siskind - Lima 89 (Homage to Franz Kline) 1975 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Franz Marc, Eidechsen (Lizards), 1912
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Franz T. Simon, Chicago, circa 1920
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Franz von Stuck, Die Sinnlichkeit (Sensuality), 1898
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Franz Skarbina, Rainy Night, 1896
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Franz T. Simon, Windy Day on Seashore, 1909
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Franz Brun, Terpsichore, 16th century
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Franz Geritz, Craters, Mono Lake, 1927
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Franz van Mieris the younger, The Card Player, 1821
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Franz Marc, Versˆhnung (Reconciliation), 1912
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Franz T. Simon, Rag Pickers, 19th - 20th century
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Franz Skarbina, Droschke im Regen (Cab in the Rain), 1896
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, A Cottage, 18th century
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Franz von Stuck, Forellenweiher, 19th - 20th century
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, L"EstÈ, 18th century
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, Le Printemps, 18th century
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, L"Automne, 18th century
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Franz Kline, Two Seated Women, circa mid 20th century
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Franz Seraph Hanfst‰ngl, Die Madonna von Hans Holbein, 1837
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, Landscape with Ruins, 18th century
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Franz, Grundrifs des Manoevre Platzes bei Potsdam..., 1804
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Franz Brun, Village dancers, 16th century
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Franz T. Simon, Landscape in the snow, 19th - 20th century
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Franz T. Simon, Japanese Tori, 19th - 20th century
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Franz T. Simon, Evening in Fiesole, 19th - 20th century
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Franz T. Simon, Elephants in the Jungle, 19th - 20th century
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Franz T. Simon, L"Estacade - Old Pile Bridge, Paris, 1909
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Franz Edmund Weirotter, [Untitled: Boats in a bay], 18th century
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Franz Marc, Schlafende Hirtin (Sleeping Shepherdess), 1912
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Franz von Stuck, Die Sinnlichkeit (Sensuality), 19th - 20th century
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Franz T. Simon, Leaving Church, 19th - 20th century

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