Georg Decker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Decker

Austrian painter

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1818

Place of Birth: Pest, Pest County, Hungary

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1894

Profession: painter

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Georg Decker (7 December 1818 – 13 February 1894) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait artist. Decker was born in Hungary to a German-speaking family, and grew up and made his career in Vienna, where he taught painting as well as working as a portrait and historical artist.
Thanks to his teaching, he was sometimes referred to as Herr Professor Georg Decker. Appointed as a knight of the Order of Franz Joseph, Decker has been called "a renowned portraitist of Vienna's highest society".