Artist

Woldemar Hau

Portrait of Woldemar Hau
Portrait of Woldemar Hau

Russian, 1816–1895

Woldemar Hau was a Russian Biedermeier artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum. Woldemar Hau was born in Tallinn.

Woldemar Hau (Russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Га́у, romanized: Vladimir Ivanovich Gau; 14 February 1816 – 23 March 1895) was a Baltic German painter, active in St. Petersburg during Tsar Nicholas I's reign. The younger half-brother to fellow artisan Eduard Hau, he was best known for his watercolor portraits of the Russian imperial family and nobility, typical of the Biedermeier style.

Works by Woldemar Hau

Collections represented

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