Short answers, pulled from the story.
Barbara Krafft (the 1st of April 1764 - the 28th of September 1825) was an Austrian portrait painter who trained under her father, the Imperial court painter Johann Nepomuk Steiner. She is best known for her posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which became one of the most widely reproduced likenesses of the composer.
Barbara Krafft was born in Iglau, a town now known as Jihlava in the Czech Republic. Her father, Johann Nepomuk Steiner, was working there at the time of her birth on the 1st of April 1764.
Barbara Krafft served as the appointed City Painter of Bamberg from 1821 until her death in 1825. In those four years she completed 145 paintings.
No. Barbara Krafft's portrait of Mozart was painted posthumously, meaning Mozart had already died before she created the work. It was made from secondary references rather than from direct sittings.
Barbara Krafft was taught painting by her father, Johann Nepomuk Steiner, who held the title of Austrian Imperial court painter. She accompanied him to Vienna, where she exhibited her first painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1786.
Yes. Her son Johann August Krafft, born in 1792, became a painter and lithographer. Barbara Krafft taught him to paint herself.