Anton Paul Heilmann

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Rosegger's birthplace in Krieglach (watercolor, 1910)

Anton Paul Heilmann (born May 30, 1850 in Neumarkt am Wallersee , Austrian Empire , † July 21, 1912 in Mödling , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian academic painter and illustrator . He is best known for his watercolors and drawings of alpine landscapes.

Life

Self-portrait by the sea , hand-drawn postcard by "Onkel Heilmann" (1903)

Anton Paul Heilmann was born in Salzburg Flachgau in 1850 . The Thieme-Becker and some secondary sources give falsely 1830 as year of birth. Few biographical details are known from his life. His father Anton Heilmann was a kk Finanzwach supervisor and son of a supervisor in Bad Ischl . Mother Julia Anna (née Frauenlob) also came from a family of civil servants. The family lived in the so-called Glasererhaus, which housed the Neumarkt gendarmerie post. Heilmann's talent as a painter was probably evident at a young age. One of his first works, Vögel am Feigenbaum , was created in 1864 and is countersigned by a certain custodian Anton Ziegler, who may have been a teacher or examiner with him. The location of Linz indicates where he lived or where he was trained at the time. Heilmann later attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Friedrich Sturm and studied landscape painting under Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels at the Vienna Academy . As a result, the court theater painters Brioschi , Burghart and Kautsky worked in the studio and worked as a decorative painter for various exhibitions.

The motifs of his works reveal various journeys through the countries of the monarchy . Drawings from Banat , Dalmatia , Friuli , Istria , Moravia and Trentino are known. At the age of 18 he was already out and about in the Salzkammergut , as shown by sketches from Ischl and Hallstatt . In 1882 he probably married his wife Betty, as a note “On the honeymoon” on a colored pencil drawing from that year suggests. From text contributions by Heilmann, for example for the German and Austrian Alpine Club , it can be seen that he also undertook challenging mountain tours with guides and made sketches and drawings as well as watercolors on site. After living in Vienna for a long time , he spent his last years in Mödling , where he was also a committee member of the Alpine Club section. In 1912, at the age of 62, he died unexpectedly of a stroke , according to obituaries .

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Anton Paul Heilmann left a thematically very varied work. While he mainly made large-format decorative paintings and oil paintings at a young age , he soon turned to small-format watercolors and drawings . He put his focus on landscape painting , with particular emphasis on the representation of mountain landscapes. He also painted hunting scenes as well as general and detailed views of towns and villages as well as of castles and alpine huts. In addition, he acted as a "photo reporter" for some of the highest-circulation magazines, including the Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung . The quality of his watercolors is explicitly mentioned in artists' encyclopedias, which compare him to other painters of the time such as Edward Theodore Compton , Tony Grubhofer and Zeno Diemer . Self-drawn postcards , which he sent to a certain Rosina Seyrl at Starhemberg Castle , he signed with “Uncle Heilmann”.

Numerous pictures were created on behalf of members of the imperial family . Johann II of Liechtenstein was a collector of his works . Many of his commissioned works ended up in the possession of the City of Vienna or in the archives of the publishers and associations for which they were made. Heilmann's extensive artistic estate probably came onto the market around 1975. Since then, his watercolors and drawings, and more rarely oil paintings, have repeatedly appeared at auctions . Most of his works are therefore in private collections, a few in the possession of the Salzburg Museum (SMCA) and three watercolors in the Schubert Museum in Vienna.

Works (selection)

With a few exceptions ( SMCA ), the listed works are privately owned. BA stands for image detail.

Dated works

  • 1864: Birds on the fig tree . Watercolor, 39 × 28 cm, with a countersignature Anton Ziegler
  • 1868: Houses in Hallstatt . Pencil drawings, 36 × 25 cm
  • 1879: Neuwaldegg Castle . Watercolor, 24 × 36 cm
  • 1881: high mountain landscape . Pencil drawing, washed, 26 × 31.5 cm ( SMCA )
  • 1882: Chamois hunt on the Hochschwab in Styria . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann in the Leipziger Illustrirten Zeitung , BA 22.5 × 33.5 cm
  • 1882: Ebenbergalm near Zell am See . Color pencil drawing, 13 × 20 cm
  • 1884: Chamois hunt at the Hochtor near Johnsbach . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann from Ueber Land und Meer , BA 21.5 × 31.5 cm
  • 1884: In the Ridnauntal, Ötztal . Drawing, 57.7 × 43.5 cm
  • 1885: Part of the Nonnberg in Salzburg . Wood engraving after a drawing from Ueber Land und Meer vol. 53, booklet 16, 31.5 × 21 cm
  • 1886: Rauris . Pencil drawing, 19 × 28 cm
  • 1887: Friedrich Schüler-Alpenhaus on the Sonnwendstein (Semmering) . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann in the Neue Illustrirten Zeitung , BA 21 × 32 cm
  • 1887: Simony Hut on the Dachstein . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann in the Leipziger Illustrirten Zeitung , BA 23 × 33 cm
  • 1888: Hermitage near Saalfelden . Pencil drawing, 31 × 23 cm
  • 1889: Count Meransches hunting lodge . Watercolor pencil drawing, 20 × 28 cm
  • 1889: Storm on the coast . Oil on cardboard, 40 × 54 cm
  • 1890: Tavern in Obertal near Schladming / Hopfriese . Washed pencil drawing, 15 × 21 cm
  • 1890: Encounter with a bear in the Banat . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann in Das Buch für Alle , Heft 17, BA 32.5 × 24 cm
  • 1892: Thurnerhof near Meran . Pencil drawing, 11 × 19 cm
  • 1893: Pillersee near Waidring against Steinplatte . Pencil drawing, 10 × 14 cm
  • 1893: Allensteig, Lower Austria . Watercolor, 23 × 35 cm
  • 1893: Stalking in the high mountains . Oil on canvas, 54 × 75 cm
  • 1895: Weissenbach am Attersee . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann in the Illustrirten Welt , BA 15 × 23 cm
  • 1895: View of Bludenz . Watercolor, 24 × 34 cm
  • 1896: Motif from the area of ​​St. Jakob . Watercolor, 24 × 36 cm
  • 1897: Spring walk in a park in Heiligenstadt . Watercolor, 25 × 36 cm
  • 1898: Reiserhof near Mauer . Watercolor, 32 × 48 cm
  • 1898: Mill near Predazzo . Watercolor, 29 × 22.5 cm
  • 1899: Motif from Perugia . Watercolor, 35 × 22 cm
  • 1899: Bay of Cattaro . Watercolor, 23 × 36 cm
  • 1899: Motif from Heiligenstadt . Watercolor, 24 × 36 cm
  • 1899: Peasant woman with child . Watercolor, 38 × 24 cm
  • 1900: The Otto house on the Rax . Watercolor on cardboard, 18 × 27.5 cm
  • 1900: Wildalpe . Pencil drawing, 20.5 × 27 cm
  • 1900: Cheer up after a rainy day . Oil on canvas, approx. 66 x 98 cm.
  • 1901: Salzburg Witches Tower . Watercolor, 26 × 31.5 cm ( SMCA )
  • 1903: Upper run . Watercolor, 10 × 17 cm
  • 1903: Boat trip on the Trumersee near Seeham . Watercolor pencil drawing, 14.5 × 10 cm
  • 1904: Hochmoor on Haunsberg . Mixed media on canvas, 76 × 101 cm ( SMCA )
  • 1905: Sunny forest . Watercolor, 43 × 31 cm
  • 1905: Schönbrunn-Laxenburger Allee near Biedermannsdorf . Watercolor over pencil, 10.5 × 17.5 cm
  • 1908: View of Altenberg . Watercolor, 19 × 29 cm
  • 1909: Landscape with a church . Watercolor, 49 × 35 cm
  • 1909: early spring . Mixed media on cardboard, 64.5 × 99 cm
  • 1909: View of Obervellach . Watercolor, 13 × 29 cm
  • 1909: Ungarschitz Castle near Znaim . Watercolor pen drawing, 22 × 39 cm
  • 1909: Mallnitz . Watercolor, 35 × 24 cm
  • 1909: Mallnitz . Watercolor, 12 × 19 cm
  • 1910: Schladming . Watercolor, 13.5 × 19 cm
  • 1910: At Aigen in Upper Austria . Oil on canvas, 59 × 100 cm
  • 1910: Rosegger's birthplace in Krieglach . Watercolor, BA 25.5 × 42 cm
  • 1911: Hochkönig vom Brandwinkel . Watercolor, 12 × 19 cm
  • 1912: Vicarage in Ramsau . Watercolor, 30 × 40 cm

Undated works

  • On the trail of the poacher . Wood engraving by Angerer & Göschl after a drawing by A. Heilmann, approx. 32 × 21 cm
  • The Sonnblick from the Durchgangalpe with 5 etching drawings . Mixed media on cardboard, 35 × 48.5 cm
  • Hiking group in the mountains . Charcoal pencil drawing, BA 29 × 39 cm
  • Johannesschlösschen on Mönchsberg . Watercolor pencil drawing, 10.5 × 16 cm
  • Motif from Dürnstein . Watercolor pencil drawing, 16 × 21 cm
  • Fieldwork studies . Watercolor over pencil from a sketchbook, 10 × 14.5 cm
  • Seeburg near Seekirchen . Pencil drawing from a sketchbook, 10 × 15 cm
  • Rapottenstein . Watercolor pencil drawing, 16 × 23 cm
  • Lichtenstein Castle near Haslach . Watercolor pencil drawing, 13 × 20 cm
  • View of Hallstatt . Mixed media on paper, 57 × 76 cm
  • Dorfstrasse . Watercolor, 35 × 26.5 cm
  • View of Gloggnitz . Watercolor, 46 × 41.5 cm
  • View of Schlögel with Aigen . Watercolor, 12 × 18.5 cm
  • Old Dresden hut . Watercolor, 16.5 × 22 cm
  • The Pürschgang . Wood engraving after a drawing by A. Heilmann, BA 32 × 21 cm
  • Kalvarienbergkirche in Hallstatt . Oil on canvas, 26.5 × 32.5 cm
  • Salzburg - View from the Kapuzinerberg to the old town and fortress . Color lithograph, 59.5 × 77.5 cm
  • Hohensalzburg Fortress . Oil on canvas, 80 × 100 cm
  • Riding estate in Aigen . Watercolor, 50 × 60 cm
  • Villa on a lake . Watercolor, 20 × 25 cm
  • Kaprun valley floor . Watercolor, 14 × 35 cm

Works in publications

  • Alpine landscapes, Vol. 1 and 2, Weber, Leipzig , published approx. 1891–1895, original drawings 1880–1890, wood engravings based on models by A. Heilmann, sheets in landscape format approx. 23 × 34 cm:
    • The Triglavspitze in the Julian Alps in Carniola . Portrait format 34 × 23.5 cm
    • The Simonyhütte on the Dachstein
    • The gate pillar at the Übergossene Alpe in Salzburg
    • The Rauriser Valley with the Sonnblick, the Goldbergspitze and the Hochnarr in Salzburg
    • The Riemannhaus am Steinernen Meer with the Breithorn
    • Flood in the Seisenbergklamm near Oberweißbach . Portrait format 35 × 22.5 cm
    • On the summit of the Zuckerhütl in the Stubai Alps
    • The Zsigmonyhütte with the Zwölferkofel in the Sexten Dolomites . Portrait format 34.5 × 24 cm
    • The Three Peaks in the Ampezzo Dolomites
    • The Lienzer Hütte in the Debanttale in the Schobergruppe
    • The Funtensee in the Steinerne Meer in the Salzburg Alps
    • The Hochtor and the Hesshütte in the Gesäuse
    • The Admonter Haus on Grabentörl in the Ennstal Alps
    • The Styrian Erzberg . Landscape format 16.5 × 22.5 cm
    • Vordernberg . Landscape format 16.5 × 22.5 cm
    • The Sonntagskarseen and the Waldhorn in the Niedere Tauern
    • The Karlbad in Upper Carinthia with the Königstuhl . Landscape format 16 × 22.5 cm
    • The cellar wall in the Carnic Alps . Portrait format 34.5 × 23.5 cm
  • Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club Vol. XX to XXVIII, Vienna and Graz, 1889–1897, wood engravings based on models by A. Heilmann:
    • Volume 20 (1889): 7 illustrations, including the meteorological station on the Schmittenhöhe and Lusern
    • Volume 21 (1890): 28 illustrations, including the caves of St. Canzian in Slovenia and Tappenkarsee in Pongau
    • Volume 22 (1891): 18 illustrations, including the Hochgolling and others from the Niedere Tauern and the Schober group
    • Volume 23 (1892): 11 illustrations, including the cover picture Schwarzenberg Glacier , 3 pictures from the Stubai Valley (with text by Heilmann) and 7 pictures from the Niedere Tauern
    • Volume 24 (1893): 5 illustrations for his contribution From Spitzkofel to the cellar wall
    • Volume 25 (1894): 24 illustrations, including the Rudolfshütte at the Weißsee
    • Volume 26 (1895): 10 illustrations from the Maltheintale
    • Volume 17 (1896): 5 illustrations
    • Volume 18 (1897): 7 illustrations, including Patscher Tal with the Hochgall
  • Heilmann's Alpine Sign Studies . Freytag & Berndt , Vienna 1894: 46 lithographs on panels, mostly with views
  • The development of the Eastern Alps

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Peter Matern: Anton Paul Heilmann, a Salzburg painter and illustrator. In: Salzburg Archive Volume 30, 2005, pp. 161–176.
  2. ↑ a b Heilmann, Anton Paul . 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. 274 .
  3. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 19th century . Volume 2, Vienna 1972–1974, p. 162.
  4. ^ Nikolaus Schaffer: Anton Paul Heilmann . In: Adolf Haslinger , Peter Mittermayer (eds.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon . Salzburg 1987, p. 239.
personal data
SURNAME Heilmann, Anton Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Neumarkt am Wallersee
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1912
Place of death Mödling