Eduard Gurk (1801-1841): A Watercolorist's Vision of Habsburg Vienna Eduard Gurk (17 november 1801 – 31 march 1841) was an austrian landscape painter and printmaker, who worked for the habsburg court under the emperors francis i and ferdinand i. he was especially well known as a watercolorist. His evocative depictions of Viennese life and architectural grandeur capture the spirit of Romantic Austria, cementing his place as one of the…