Anton Herzinger

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Joseph Anton Herzinger (born November 18, 1763 in Fallbach ; † December 12, 1826 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter, etcher and engraver.

Anton Herzinger studied at the Vienna Art Academy . He married Maria Anna Mantler (1771-1816). In 1800 he was appointed to the newly founded Prague Academy of Arts as a scholarship holder . Here he was in charge of the graphics workshop until 1806 and was in charge of the printing press in the Clementinum . Around 1807 he stayed in Dresden , from 1809 he worked again in Vienna.

In addition to graphics to own templates he created engravings after designs by contemporary artists as well as the works of classical masters such as Peter Paul Rubens and Salomon van Ruysdael ..

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Hertzinger, also Herzinger, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1862, p. 404 ( digitized version ).
• Cyriak Bodenstein: One Hundred Years of Art History in Vienna 1788–1888. A ceremony on the occasion of the Säcular celebration of the Pension Society of Visual Artists Vienna . Gerold, Vienna 1888, p.?.
• Herzinger, Anton . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 569 .
• Herzinger, Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 298.
• Radim Vondráček: Herzinger, Anton . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 72, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023177-9 , p. 457.

Web links

Commons : Anton Herzinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anton Herzinger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna