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Rudolf Frentz was a Russian painter of German origin, born in 1831 in Berlin. In 1854 he completed his studies at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Read the full biography

Rudolf Frentz was a Russian painter of German origin, born in 1831 in Berlin. In 1854 he completed his studies at the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1857 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he began painting commissioned portraits. Rudolf Frentz was much in demand as a portrait painter. We remember the portraits of illustrious members of the Russian imperial family, including the Grand Dukes Nikolai Nikolaevich and Vladimir Aleksandrovich. In addition to portraits, Rudolf Frentz is also known as an animal painter. In 1885 he was elected an honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Rudolf Frentz was the father of the artist Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz.