The New International Encyclopædia/Hansch, Anton

HANSCH, hänsh, Anton (1813-76). An Austrian painter, born in Vienna. He was a pupil of Mössmer at the Academy of Vienna, and afterwards traveled and studied in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. His works consist of landscapes remarkable for composition and careful detail. Notable pictures are: “Region Bordering on the Königsee” (1849); “The Jungfrau in Switzerland” (1853); “Under the Linden Trees on the Shore of Chiem Lake” (1858), all in the Vienna Museum; “The Lake of Constance,” “Firwood in the Salzkammergut” (Vienna Academy); “From the Wilderness of Styria,” “At Bernina Pass,” “After the Storm,” and “The Wetterhorn.”