Anton Weinberger

Anton Weinberger (* April 26, 1843 in Munich; † March 24, 1912 in Hahn near Wiesbaden) was a German landscape and animal painter. Against the wishes of his stepparents, he began studying at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich on April 27, 1861, where he was taught by Johann Georg Hiltensperger and Alexander Strähuber, and later also by August Schleich and August Erxleben (1822-1867).

After completing his studies, Weinberger first worked as a drawing teacher in Leipzig and from 1872 in St. Petersburg, where he married a German woman. He then became a pupil of Paul Meyerheim in Berlin. Around 1884, he painted portraits of dogs in Vienna on commission from the court. He returned to Munich in 1888 and moved to Wiesbaden in 1902.

Weinberger took part in the art exhibition in Vienna in 1886. His best-known works include a life-size six-toed deer emerging from a forest clearing, as well as depictions of deer, boars, hunting dogs, hares in a cabbage field and a fox hunting snipe. He also created still lifes.