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Ulrich Halbreiter (* 11). July 1812 in Freising; † November 26, 1877 in Munich was a German historical painter, silver worker, song collector and composer.

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After his father, a Freisinger beer innkeeper, moved the family’s residence to Munich, Ulrich Halbreiter and his brother Michael attended the elementary school in Munich. With 17 November 1826, the entry of the only 14-year-old into the Munich Royal Art Academy is documented. Here he also trained with the historical painter Johann Schlotthauer in historical painting. He accompanied his teacher on a study trip to Upper Italy in 1834. Under Heinrich Maria von Hess he subsequently worked on the coloring of the St. Bonifac Basilica and under Peter von Cornelius on the coloring of the Ludwigskirche in Munich. In 1840 he traveled with Oberbaurat Friedrich von Gärtner, the painters Joseph Kranzberger (1814–1844), Claudius Schraudolph d. Ä., Joseph Schwarzmann and 10 assistants, as well as the architect Friedrich Bürklein, Franz Xaver Beyschlag (1817–1866), Karl Friedrich Andreas Klumpp (1811–1885), Otto von Langenmantel and Eduard Riedel to Athens, where he worked 1842–1843 on the wall paintings of the palace for King Otto of Greece. At the end of 1843 Halbreiter travelled via Smyrna to Constantinople, Alexandria and Cairo and on horseback via Gaza, Jaffa and Ramlah to Jerusalem, where he drew the city panorama. By sea he continued the journey to Kaipha (Haifa) and with a camel ride via Nazareth, Kana (Kafr Kana), Akkon and Sidon to Beirut. There he joined a caravan to Damascus and returned to Beirut via Baalbeck. Among other things, portraits for English travelers were created here. Once again by sea, Halbreiter reached the island of Cyprus, on to Smyrna (Izmir) and finally to the Cyclades island of Syros. In early 1844 he travelled via Malta to Sicily (Syracuse, Catania, Messina) and from Palermo to Rome via Naples. In 1845 he returned to Munich. He married Anna Maria Sanktjohanser (* 15). April 1813 in Munich, † March 26, 1898 in Munich, daughter of the independent silver worker and homeowner in Munich, Georg Sanktjohanser, and after the death of his father-in-law took over his workshop for jewellery and decorative objects, pearl and gemstone versions in Munich, Dienerstraße 5. In his own company "Sanktjohanser's Erben" he entered as an apprentice and took the journeyman examination as well as the master examination in silver craft. Since 1854 he was also teacher of his nephew Adolf Halbreiter. His son Bernhard Halbreiter became a sculptor.

Halbreiter was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art.

Ulrich Halbreiter had a good singing voice and acted as a singer at corresponding performances. A selection of his collection of Bavarian folk songs and his own compositions appeared in 1839 under the title “Bavarian Mountain Songs”; a small cycle “Sol”