Anton Arrigoni
Anton Arrigoni (born April 21, 1788 in Vienna , † December 6, 1851 in Dresden ) was an Austrian painter who worked mainly as a decorative and theater painter.
From 1798 he studied at the Vienna Academy and got his first job as a painter in his hometown Vienna, where he created, for example, the stage decorations for Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio . He later moved to Brno, Graz and Pressburg, before settling down permanently as a decorative painter at the court theater in Dresden in 1826. Several of his drawings were used by Carl Wilhelm Arldt as templates for lithographs in the Saxonia series, published from 1834 to 1841 . Museum for Saxon Patriotic Studies series, which found widespread use, for example different views of Zwickau and the surrounding area.
literature
- Arrigoni, Anton . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 154 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Arrigoni, Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 30.
- Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. Case 1: AA – Bacher. Tusch, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-85063-029-3 , p. 75 ( Commons ).
Web links
- Anton Arrigoni in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Anton Arrigoni. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arrigoni, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian decorative painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1851 |
| Place of death | Dresden |