Person
ISNI: 
0000 0000 7076 0081
https://isni.org/isni/0000000070760081
Name: 
Alexander Bensa
Alexander Ritter Von Bensa
Alexander von Bensa (Austrian genre and battle painter, 1820-1902)
Alexander von Bensa (kunstschilder uit Oostenrijk (1820-1902))
Alexander von Bensa (österreichischer Genre- und Schlachtenmaler)
Bensa, Alexander (Austrian painter, 1820-1902)
Bensa, Alexander de
Bensa, Alexander Ritter Von
Bensa, Alexander von
Bensa, Alexander von (der Jüngere)
De Bensa, Alexander
DeBensa, Alexander
Gill, M.
Pensa, Alexander von
Ritter von Pensa, Alexander
Von Bensa, Alexander
Dates: 
1820-1902
Creation class: 
Language material
Creation role: 
author
Related names: 
Obermüllner, Adolf (1833-1898; see also from; Assistant to)
Titles: 
Älteres und Stilmobiliar, Schlaf-, Speise- und Herrenzimmer, Salons, Sitzgarnituren, Bösendorfer-Flügel, Luster, Perserteppiche und Textilien, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Miniaturen, Stiche. -
Notes: 
"Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter)," in Bénézit dictionary of artists, published online 31 October 2011; consulted online via Grove Art online, January 16, 2020 (Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter); Austrian, 19th century, male; born 15 July 1820, in Vienna; died 1 January 1902; painter, watercolourist; military subjects, battles, hunting scenes, horse racing scenes, genre scenes)
German Wikipedia, January 16, 2020 (article title: "Alexander von Bensa"; Alexander Ritter von Bensa (born 15 July 1820 in Vienna, died 1 January 1902 in Vienna); Austrian genre and battle painter; frequently collaborated with Adolf Obermüllner by painting the human figure staffage in the latter's landscapes, including his "North Pole" pictures)
Gröning, Maren. "Bensa, Alexander von," in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, v. 9 (1994), consulted online, January 16, 2020 (artist ID: _10117164; Thieme-Becker name: Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter); other names: Bensa, Alexander von (der Jüngere); Pensa, Alexander von; Ritter von Pensa, Alexander (der Jüngere); Gill, M.; gender: male; date of birth: 1820.07.15; place of birth: Vienna-Leopoldstadt; date of death: 1902.01.01; place of death: Vienna; Bensa (or de Bensa or Pensa), Alexander von, Austrian painter; according to Fuchs also used the pseudonym M. Gill; studied landscape painting; first exhibited 1841; painted battle scenes and genre scenes; in the landscape paintings of Adolf Obermüllner he frequently painted the staffage figures, as in the North Pole pictures, 1875)
Obermüllner, Adolf. Die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition 1872-1874, 1875 (name not given)
Painters Watercolorists Genre painters
Painting Watercolor painting History painting Genre painting Battles in art
Title of person: Ritter.
Deutsche Biographie, January 16, 2020 (Bensa, Alexander von, index entry) https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd101934802X.html
Rudolfinum, 2005, pages 255-257, consulted online January 16, 2020 page 255 (in discussion of Adolf Obermüllner's cycle of paintings to illustrate the Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpolexpedition of 1872-1874: the paintings are based on drawings by expedition leader Julius von Payer; the human figures represented are by Alexander Ritter von Bensa and the animal staffage by Ludwig Gustav Volz) https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Rudolfinum_2005_0247-0263.pdf
Wien Geschichte Wiki on Stadt Wien website, consulted January 16, 2020 (article title: "Alexander von Bensa der Jüngere"; Alexander Ritter von Bensa (the younger), born 15 July 1820 in Leopoldstadt [Vienna], died 1 January 1902 in Vienna(?), genre and battle painter; son of the painter Alexander de Bensa the elder) https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Wien_Geschichte_Wiki?curid=8653
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