August Friedrich Oelenhainz (1745 – 1804)

• August Friedrich Oelenhainz was a German painter.
• Oelenhainz's father was a preacher.

• He studied under his uncle Wolfgang Dietrich Mayr in Tübingen, and then later at the art school in Stuttgart with the Württemberg court painter Johann Wilhelm Beyer.

• In 1766 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

• Oelenhainz moved to Vienna, where in the imperial court he rapidly became a popular painter. 

• He primarily painted portraits. 

• From 1790-1792 he worked in Zurich and Bern. 

• From 1800-1801 he lived in Stuttgart and Ulm. 

• In 1803 he traveled to Paris and on the way home died unexpectedly in 1804. 

• Oelenhainz was never married. 

• The painter Susette Hirzel studied briefly with Oelenhainz.

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