Anton von Maron
Anton Maron , from 1742 by Maron , (born January 8, 1731 in Vienna , † March 3, 1808 in Rome ) was an Austrian painter . He gained importance primarily as a portrait painter .
Life
Anton von Maron was born the son of the painter Johann Leopold Maron (1696–1770) and his wife Anna Catharina.
In 1741 and 1744 he was named in the student lists of the Vienna Academy , where he studied art. In 1755 Maron traveled to Rome. There he lived with his teacher Anton Raphael Mengs . In 1765 he married his sister, the painter Theresa Concordia Mengs (1725–1806).
A year later, Maron became a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. As a result, he specialized in portrait painting. Through this he got to know important contemporary personalities and was able to establish contacts between the Roman and Viennese art life. In 1772 Maron worked as a consultant in the reorganization of the Vienna Academy. On his recommendation, the art school sent scholars to the south from this year on. In the same year Maron was raised to the nobility . He held important positions at the art academies in Rome and Vienna and gave lectures on art theory.
Works
In 1757 and 1760/61 Maron worked with Mengs on frescoes in the Church of San Eusebio and on Parnassus of the Villa Albani in Rome. After Mengs was called to Madrid in 1761 , Maron had the opportunity to take over his position as a portrait painter. Maron's portrait of the art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann , which is in the Goethe room of the Weimar City Palace, is regarded as the main work of the first years of his independent activity . A faithful reproduction of this Winckelmann portrait can be found in Wörlitz . From 1770 onwards, several portraits of members of the Austrian imperial family were created, including a picture of Empress Maria Theresa in widow costume .
In the last creative years, Maron's style of painting went out of fashion due to the work of Angelika Kauffmann . However, he is one of the most important representatives of early classicism .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Maron, Anton von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, pp. 5–7 ( digitized version ).
- Albert Ilg: Maron, Anton von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 403 f.
- Elisabeth Hermann-Fichtenau: Marron, Anton von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 233 f. ( Digitized version ).
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maron, Anton von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marron, Anton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian portrait painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1731 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1808 |
Place of death | Rome , Italy |