oil on canvas canvas measurements 60 x 40 cm frame measurements 80 x 60 cm Alois Hans Schram Vienna August 20 1864 Vienna April 8 1919 was an Austrian portrait historical and decorative painter Much of his work is in the Art Nouveau style although many later works can be classified as neobaroque Alois Schram's father was a post office councillor From 1879 to 1888 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts His main teachers were Carl Wurzinger Hans Makart and Josef Matyaš Trenkwald Schram received the Goldene FügerMedaille [de] for Composition 1881 and the Spezialschulpreis 1887 for a scene from the life of Bianca Cappello now in the Denver Art Museum After graduating he received the Staatspreisstipendium 1890 1891 a scholarship that allowed him to continue his studies in Rome When Schram returned he worked as a portrait and decorative painter in Vienna During the 1890s he visited several other European and Middle Eastern countries From 1909 to 1911 Schram created allegorical friezes on the Austrian Parliament building In 1915 he painted a series of paintings on the ceiling of the Hofburg's ballroom outside Vienna he worked at the Palazzo Vivante in Trieste and in the judicial building in Salzburg For much of his career Schram was a member of the Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Österreichs [de] Künstlerhaus The proceeds from the sale of his estate were given entirely to them according to his will to create a fund for the promotion of aspiring artists Schram was buried in the Zentralfriedhof Provenance private collection from Madrid