Anton Schrödl

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Memorial plaque on the house where Anton Schrödl was born ( Wiener Straße 29) in Schwechat with a portrait relief, designed by the sculptor Paul Kohl
Anton Schrödl: Rauchkuchl , oil on cardboard

Anton Schrödl (born February 19, 1820 in Schwechat , † July 5, 1906 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Anton Schrödl was born in Schwechat, Lower Austria, in 1820. The ancestor of the imperial toll collector in Ybbs, Hans Schrötel von Schröttenstein, can be traced back to 1428. The former residence was Krummnussbaum Castle. The information about Schrödl's date of birth varies depending on the source, on his gravestone the 8th June 1823 is given, in the history books of the city of Schwechat the 15th March 1820 is also given.

His father Joseph Schrödl was an iron merchant on Wienerstrasse in the market town of Schwechat, which at that time had 2,000 inhabitants , his older brother Norbert Michael Schrödl (1816–1890) was an ivory carver and sculptor , whose sons were the painter Norbert Schrödl (1842–1912) and the sculptor Leopold Schrödl (1841-1908). Anton Schrödl grew up in the poorest of circumstances, whereupon his parents decided to transfer the guardianship to the relative Wetschel. At the age of thirteen he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the professor of flower painting Sebastian Wegmayr (1776–1857) and was awarded the Gundel Prize in 1835 .

He began his first activities as a lithographer at the art publisher Matthäus and Joseph Trentsensky in Vienna. His strengths were particularly evident in animal studies and landscape paintings . On behalf of the zoologist Gustav Jäger , he designed the Tiergarten am Schüttel in the Vienna Prater in 1864 . He designed a Pinzgau landscape, the Schrödlalm, for the Kuffner family in the 16th district of Ottakring in Vienna . Together with the polar explorer and art patron Johann Nepomuk Graf Wilczek , Schrödl traveled to the North African state of Algeria in 1870 . The Viennese cloth merchant and art collector Friedrich Jakob Gsell (1812–1871) also had some works by Schrödl in his private collection.

Although he never accepted a professorship at the academy, he still taught students such as Johann Nepomuk Geller (1860–1954), Alphons Leopold Mielich (1863–1929), Alfred Jirasek (1863–1931) and Gustav Ranzoni (1826–1900). Schrödl was friends with the painters Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892) and Tina Blau (1845–1916).

The grave of the painter Anton Schrödl in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Schrödl traveled a lot, although his financial situation was always tense. So it came about that he had to auction his works in 1899.

He was married to Adele (1884-1940), the marriage remained childless. He died in his Vienna apartment at Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 20 (today: Heinestraße) in the 2nd district of Leopoldstadt . Anton Schrödl found his final resting place in an honorary grave of the City of Vienna at the Vienna Central Cemetery . His estate was auctioned in January 1907 in the Künstlerhaus Vienna by the art dealer Carl Josef Wawra .

Services

He achieved his first successes with the works Jagdstück (1841) and Drawing School .

Works

(Selection)

  • The Grubkreuz on Lake Hallstatt (1847), pencil sketch
  • Animals at the watering place , oil on canvas
  • In the stable , oil on cardboard
  • Lying sheep , oil on canvas
  • Cart pulled by a mold , oil on cardboard
  • Pinzgauer Rauchküche , oil on cardboard
  • In the farmer's kitchen , oil on plate
  • Alpine pasture , oil on canvas
  • Arrival at the Hochalm , oil on canvas
  • Overgrown rock , oil on cardboard
  • Shepherd with sheep in Hungary , oil on canvas
  • The Artist's Living Room (1881), oil on cardboard
  • Mountain landscape with hunter and dog , watercolor pencil
  • Grace , oil on cardboard (35 × 27.5 cm)

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Nepomuk Wilczek, Elisabeth von Wilczek Kinsky: Hans Wilczek tells his grandchildren memories from his life Leykam-Verlag, 1933
personal data
SURNAME Schrödl, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwechat
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1906
Place of death Vienna