Anton Brioschi

Anton Brioschi (born November 30, 1855 in Vienna ; † August 31, 1920 ibid) was an Austrian landscape, naval and court theater painter and graphic artist.

life and work

Anton Brioschi, son of Carlo Brioschi (1826–1895) and brother of Othmar Brioschi (1854–1912) studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Josef Ritter von Storck (1830–1902), Michael Rieser (1828–1905) and Valentin Teirich (1844 -1876). In 1882 he came to the city theater in Teplitz and then worked for six months with the theater painter Simon Quaglio (1795–1878) in Munich . 1883 as a theater painter at the Hoftheater in Hanover , where he is praised by the local media.

From 1884 he worked in Vienna at the side of his father in his private studio and at the court opera , from June 1, 1886 he succeeded him as director of the court opera theater atelier and stayed here until his death. 1884 Design and execution of the iron curtain for the court opera (destroyed in World War II). Anton Brioschi creates the most important productions based on his own designs ( Verdi, Othello, 1888; Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, 1891; Leoncavallo, Der Bajazzo, 1893; Smetana, The Bartered Bride, 1896 and Dalibor, 1897; Massenet, Werther, 1892 and many others ) of the Hofoper until the turn of the century. His stage sets are often hymnically praised by contemporary critics as educational experiences, and his bright colors are enthusiastically mentioned.

With the appointment of Gustav Mahler as director of the house in 1897 and Heinrich Lefler as director of the interior design department in 1900 , Brioschi's independence was restricted; he now mostly carried out other people's designs. From 1903, when Alfred Roller took over the decoration business , Anton Brioschi's area of ​​responsibility was limited to the stage-appropriate production of decorations according to Roller ’s designs.

With Anton Brioschi the era of the Brioschi family of theater painters ends; it not only determined the style and standard of Viennese furnishings, but also the taste in Central European theater. Numerous works (graphics, watercolors and oil paintings) are in museums or privately owned.

literature

• Brioschi Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 114.
• Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Volume 1, K 46, Vienna 1972.
• Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century. Supplementary volume 1. K 70, Vienna 1978.

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