Karl von Blaas was the eldest representative of a family of distinguished Austrian painters. He was born at Nauders

Nauders

Nauders is a municipality in the district of Landeck in Tyrol, Austria. It can be found 29 km south of the city of Landeck. As it is near both the Italian and Swiss borders, at the end of World War II numerous Nazi officials fled through Nauders to escape arrest.-External links:...

 (Tyrol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

) and studied at the Academy of Venice. In 1837 he received the Roman prize of the Academy of Venice. At Rome

Rome

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 he came under the influence of the Nazarenes and devoted himself to religious subjects.

Paintings

• "Jacob's Journey through the Desert" (Museum of Venice)
• "Visitation" (Innsbruck Museum)
• "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School" (Venice Museum)
• "Tullia Driving over her Father's Body" (1832)
• "Rape of Venetian Brides in Sixth Century" (1858); Innsbruck Museum)
• "Ekkehard Carrying the Duchess of Suabia across the Threshold of the Monastery"

He received a professorship at the Academy of Vienna

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, Austria.- History :The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy by the court-painter Peter Strudl, who became the Praefectus Academiae Nostrae. In 1701 he was ennobled as Baron of the Empire...

 in 1850. In 1855 he received a prize at the Paris Exposition

Exposition Universelle (1855)

The Exposition Universelle of 1855 was an International Exhibition held on the Champs-Elysées in Paris from May 15 to November 15, 1855. Its full official title was the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts de Paris 1855.The exposition was a major...

 for his painting "Charlemagne Visiting a Boys' School", and accepted a professorship at the Academy of Venice in the same year. He returned to Vienna in 1866 where he wrote Autobiographie, (Vienna, 1876), which contains information on his sons, Eugene de Blaas

Eugene de Blaas

Eugene de Blaas, also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio de Blaas was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism. He was born at Albano, near Rome, to Austrian parents. His father Karl, a Jew and also a painter, was his teacher. The family moved to Venice when Karl became...

 and Julius von Blaas

Julius von Blaas

Julius von Blaas was an Italian painter, the second son of Karl, born at Albano, Italy. He studied under his father, devoted himself principally to equestrian subjects, and went to Rome where he painted genre scenes from the Campagna. His "Race of Intoxicated Slavonic Peasants" is in the...

. He produced many portraits, religious canvases, and fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

es.