Known for his genre and portrait painting, Christian Mayr was also a designer and daguerreotypist who traveled widely including the southern states in America and Central America.
Mayr was born in Nuremberg, Germany where his father, Johann Daniel von Mayer (1778-1810) was an artist, engraver and entrepreneur. Christian's father died when the boy was quite young, and his godfather, Christian Fues, also an artist and engraver, took over his education and then married Christian's mother. (showing 500 of 2248 characters). |
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Painted in Latin America
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