Albert Theer

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Albert Theer (born October 15, 1815 in Johannesberg , † August 30, 1902 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and lithographer .

Life

Albert Theer's parents were the gemstone cutter Joseph Theer and the embroiderer Thekla Theer . He had two older brothers, Adolf Theer and Robert Theer , who also worked as painters and lithographers. The family moved from Johannesberg in Silesia to Vienna in 1820 .

There Albert Theer attended the engraving and ore cutting school of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1827 to 1832 . He was awarded the Gundel Prize in 1830 . He first took part in one of the academy's public exhibitions in 1834. Theer married Karoline von Perger, a sister of the painter Anton von Perger , in 1838 . The couple had several children, including Julius Theer, who also pursued a career as an academic painter but died of pulmonary tuberculosis at a young age . Albert Theer's last exhibition was one of the Austrian Art Association in 1855. He was active as an artist for a long time afterwards.

Albert Theer outlived his two brothers by decades. Until he died in 1902 at the age of 86, he was considered the last living representative of old Viennese miniature painting . He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery . Theergasse in Vienna- Meidling was probably named after him and his brother Robert in 1930. His final resting place has been an honorary grave since 1969, which the City of Vienna took care of .

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Portrait of Count Josip Jellasic in uniform by Albert Theer, watercolor on ivory

Albert Theer usually painted his miniature pictures as watercolors on ivory . He was strongly influenced by Moritz Daffinger . His motifs were portraits of private clients and well-known personalities. He also worked as a valued copyist , for example of works by Raffael , Thomas Lawrence and Franz Xaver Winterhalter . He also created lithographs and oil paintings .

literature

Web links

Commons : Albert Theer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d R. Keil:  Theer, Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 288.
  2. ^ A b Adolf Kettner: The Theer family of artists . In: Journal for the history and cultural history of Austrian Silesia . 6th year, no. 3/4 , 1911, p. 97 ( digitized version [PDF; accessed on March 20, 2020]).
  3. ↑ a b c d Constantin von Wurzbach : Theer, Albert . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 44th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1882, p. 196 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Auction of an outstanding art collection, including the glass collection of Dr. Kodella, Graz . Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Vienna 1921, p. 21 ( digitized version [PDF; accessed on March 20, 2020]).
  5. ^ Directory of the deceased in Vienna. From April 11th. In:  Fremd-Blatt , April 12, 1867, p. 16 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fdb
  6. ^ A. Fr .:  The old Viennese miniature painters. In:  Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt , September 3, 1902, pp. 6-7 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / iwe
  7. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Theergasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , pp. 441-442 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Theer, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesberg
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1902
Place of death Vienna