1. Johann Sperl was born in Buch in 1840 as an only child of Protestant parents.
15 Facts About Johann Sperl
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Johann Sperl's father worked as an agricultural day laborer in the summer and as a wood worker in the winter.
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In 1846 Sperl started attending school from which he graduated in 1854 as class winner.
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The local pastor assisted Johann Sperl in securing an apprenticeship as a colorist.
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Johann Sperl met the painters Rudolf Hirth du Frenes and Theodor Alt there.
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Johann Sperl became director of a lithographic institution in 1863.
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Johann Sperl gave up his position as a director in the spring of 1865 after he had earned enough money to attend the academy in Munich.
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Johann Sperl joined the painting class of history painter Hermann Anschutz.
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Johann Sperl attended the master class of Karl von Piloty a history painter who was well known beyond Munich and whose pupils included Hans Makart, Franz von Lenbach, Eduard von Grutzner, Franz Defregger and Gabriel von Max among others.
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Since Johann Sperl had a genial relationship with Ramberg he continued to be his pupil and left the academy only after Ramberg's death in 1875.
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In December of that year Max Liebermann moved from Venice to Munich, and Johann Sperl met him sometime in 1879, most likely through Leibl.
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In winter of 1882 Johann Sperl moved to Kraiburg which was recommended to him by friends for its location.
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In May 1899 Johann Sperl traveled to Italy, visiting Florence, Siena and Venice.
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Johann Sperl suffered a stroke which led to a partial paralysis of the right side of his body.
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On 23 July 1914, a few days before the outbreak of World War I, Johann Sperl died in Bad Aibling.