Georg Decker

Georg Decker
Born(1818-12-07)7 December 1818
Pest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died13 February 1894(1894-02-13) (aged 75)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustro-Hungarian
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Known forPortrait art
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Patron(s)Franz Joseph I of Austria
For the German printer of this name, see Georg Decker (printer).
Franz Joseph I of Austria, by Decker
Decker's Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, portrait by Decker c. 1850
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, by Decker, after Einsle

Georg Decker (7 December 1818 – 13 February 1894) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait artist.

Decker was born in Hungary to a German-speaking family, and grew up and made his career in Vienna, where he taught painting as well as working as a portrait and historical artist. Thanks to his teaching, he was sometimes referred to as Herr Professor Georg Decker.

Appointed as a knight of the Order of Franz Joseph,[1] Decker has been called "a renowned portraitist of Vienna's highest society".[2]

  1. ^ Morgen-Post Wien, 27 November 1872 (p. 579)
  2. ^ Fabrizio Zavatarelli, Ignaz Kolisch: The Life and Chess Career (2015), p. 280