Anton Radl

Ursula Magdalena Reinheimer (1777–1845), portrait of Anton Radl around 1830, oil on canvas, Historical Museum, Frankfurt a. M.

Anton Radl (born April 15, 1774 in Vienna , † March 4, 1852 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an Austro-German painter and engraver .

Life

Anton Radl was the son of a carpenter. After the early death of his father, he made a living as a painter's assistant. At the same time he became a student of the Vienna Drawing Academy. In 1790 Radl went to Brussels and attended the lessons of the painter Kormer. In 1794 he moved to Frankfurt. There he apprenticed with the engraver Johann Gottlieb Prestel and became his assistant. He learned engraving, etching and gouache painting . In 1800 Radl married the graphic restorer Rosina Hochschlitz, who also worked for Prestel. In addition to his work as a painter and graphic artist, Radl gave private lessons. In addition to Wilhelm Amandus Beer, Heinrich Rosenkranz and Christian Wagner, his students also included "Rosette" Städel, b. Willemer. Radl's study trips led to Northern Germany in 1817/18 and to the Black Forest in 1825. He created 16 gouaches for Adam Storck's book Views of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and its surroundings , which were engraved in copper in 1822. He probably traveled to Switzerland and the Danube in the 1830s.

Services

Anton Radl, view of the city of Frankfurt from the Mühlberg, around 1820

Anton Radl, rural economic garden, (rural economic garden in a Frankfurt suburb / farm in the Taunus or apple wine restaurant with bowling alley)

Farmhouse in Blumenthal near Berne , built in 1818/19

In addition to the landscapes he visited on his travels, he painted motifs from the area around Frankfurt am Main, the Middle Rhine and the Taunus . The Dutch landscape painting of the 17th century always remained a model for him.

Cityscapes and buildings were also part of his repertoire in addition to folk scenes. He worked in oil on canvas, wood, cardboard and copper, painted watercolors and gouaches and created drawings and graphic works.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Radl, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, pp. 202–205 ( digitized version ).
• W. Stricker:  Radl, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 136.
• G. Wacha:  Radl Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 377.
• Anton Radl - painter, engraver and draftsman. Ed. MUSEUM GIERSCH, Frankfurt am Main, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, ISBN 978-3-86568-360-1 - with extensive biography, bibliography, picture and photo proof as well as person index
• Gerhard Kölsch: The memorable Taunus (...) is worth visiting and sung about. To the literary and artistic discovery of the Taunus. In: Anton Radl 1774–1825. Painter and engraver. Catalog of the exhibition Museum Giersch. Frankfurt am Main 2008, pp. 135–157; online version: URL: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6360/

Web links

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

• Literature by and about Anton Radl in the catalog of the German National Library