Bernhard Albrecht (painter)

Cadets balancing over beam bridges at the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy , 1785/93.

Bernhard Johannes Albrecht (born December 29, 1758 in Vienna , † December 2, 1822 in Wiener Neustadt ) was an Austrian painter and etcher .

Life

Bernhard Albrecht is said to have been artistically educated in a variety of ways and to have proven his ability especially as a landscape painter . He attended the landscape drawing school in Vienna and, after completing his school education, went on a study trip to Italy .

In 1784 he etched paintings by Christian Brand (1695–1759) and Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael . From 1788 Bernhard Albrecht was a drawing teacher at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt. Two gouaches from a series of 13 pieces have survived from this period , depicting scenes from the life and training of the young cadets of the military academy. Today they are in the permanent exhibition of the Vienna Army History Museum .

Works (excerpt)

Nocturnal mortar shooting by the cadets at the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy , gouache on paper, approx. 55 × 75 cm, Army History Museum, Vienna
Cadets balancing over beam bridges at the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy , gouache on paper, approx. 55 × 75 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Albrecht, Bernhard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, p. 376 ( digitized version ).
Johannes Kurzwelly : Albrecht, Bernhard . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 232 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790 . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 86f.
Liselotte Popelka: Army History Museum in Vienna . Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-222-11760-8 , p. 32.
Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Army History Museum in Vienna . Styria, Graz / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p.?.

Individual evidence

↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790. Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 86 f.
↑ Johannes Kurzwelly: Albrecht, Bernhard . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 232 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
^ Liselotte Popelka: Army History Museum in Vienna. Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-222-11760-8 , p. 32; Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Army History Museum in Vienna. Styria, Graz and Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Albrecht, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Albrecht, Bernhard Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	December 2, 1822
Place of death	Wiener Neustadt

[1] Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790. Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 86 f.

[2] Johannes Kurzwelly: Albrecht, Bernhard . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 232 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[3] Liselotte Popelka: Army History Museum in Vienna. Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-222-11760-8 , p. 32; Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Army History Museum in Vienna. Styria, Graz and Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 .