Ferdinand Knab
German architectural painter and stage designer
Ferdinand Knab was a German painter. Knab was initially a student of Heideloff in Nuremberg, where he practically worked in construction for two years, and went to Munich in 1859 to devote himself to architectural painting. He attended Arthur von Ramberg's and Piloty's schools and went to Italy in 1868. Knab created eight pictures for the royal pavilion at Munich train station. In 1870 he was commissioned with the stage design for Mozart's “Magic Flute” at the court opera.
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Master student
- Arthur von Ramberg Master
Artworks by this artist
- Arcadian landscape 1894
- Bayrische Landschaft 1886
- An Arcadian Landscape 1897
- Abendliche Ruinenlandschaft 1891
- At the Castle grounds 1885
- Evening Landscape
- Dusk on the Shore
- Villa, a Fountain by the Lake in the foreground
- Am Schlosstor
- A Sail Boat on the Shore at Dusk 1881
- A Southern Landscape with Ruins of an Antique Temple