Karl Anton Hickel (1745 – 30 October 1798) was an 18th-century Austrian Painting.
Life
Hickel was born in Česká Lípa, Bohemia, and enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in
Vienna,
Austria in 1758. After graduation, he worked as a painter under his brother,
Joseph Hickel, who was also a painter. Beginning in 1779, he served as a traveling
portrait painter. He spent considerable time in
Munich where he painted Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, among others. He then traveled in southern
Germany,
Switzerland, then to
Mannheim and
Mainz. He moved to
Switzerland in 1785, and then became the official
court painter of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1786, he travelled to
France where he painted under the patronage of
Marie Antoinette and Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe. He died in
Hamburg.
In London in the 1790s, he painted the large The House of Commons, 1793–94, first exhibited in 1795 and now in the National Portrait Gallery. He painted portraits of leading British politicians such as Charles James Fox and William Wilberforce.
Gallery
Image:Charles James Fox by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg|Charles James Fox
Image:Anton Hickel 001.JPG|Roxelana and Suleiman the Magnificent
Image:Anton Hickel 002.jpg|Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Image:William wilberforce.jpg|William Wilberforce
File:Karl Anton Hickel (1745-98) - Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) - RCIN 406937 - Royal Collection.jpg|Richard Brinsley Sheridan
File:Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg|Welbore Ellis
Image:The House of Commons 1793-94 by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg| The House of Commons, 1793–94
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