Gauermann Friedrich August Matthias

 1807 Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, Austrian painter who died on 07 July 1862. He was the son of the painter and copper engraver Jakob Gauermann [1773–1843] and the brother of the painter Carl Gauermann [1804–1829]. Friedrich was taught painting by his father, who emphasized especially the direct observation of nature.

Friedrich Gauermann subsequently studied at the Vienna Akademie [1824–1827] in the landscape class of Josef Mössmer [1780–1845]. In Vienna Gauermann was especially attracted to the work of such 17th-century Dutch landscape painters as Philips Wouwerman, Jacob van Ruisdael, Allaert van Everdingen, Paulus Potter , Nicolaes Berchem and he made copies of their paintings. He continued to admire such artists throughout his life and in his own landscape painting he remained close to their form of realism.