Carl Wurzinger

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Carl Wurzinger (born June 1, 1817 in Vienna , † March 16, 1883 in Döbling near Vienna) was an Austrian history painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

Life

Carl Wurzinger became a student of the Imperial and Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1832 at the age of fourteen , and his first works were published in 1844. In 1847 he left Vienna to continue his education in Italy for nine years. In 1856 he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and headed a special school for history painting. From then on he devoted himself more to teaching than to his own artistic activity. His not very numerous works are conscientiously worked, but did not convince all critics. Wurzinger was most recently senior of the professors' college.

Works (incomplete)

  • 1844, "Portrait of Count Khevenhüller-Metsch"
  • 1844, "vanity"
  • 1844, "Orombello, lover of Beatrice di Tenda "
  • "Death of King Ottokar in the Battle of Marchfeld"
  • "Emperor Ferdinand II., Besieged in the Hofburg by the Bohemian rebels"
  • 1863, "Albanian"
  • 1965, "Girls from the Sabiner Mountains"
  • "Apocalyptic Horsemen"
  • "Hector's farewell"
  • "Saul and David"
  • 1868 "Rüdiger von Starhemberg during the Turkish siege"

Awards

In 1845 he was honored for his painting Joseph tells the brothers his dream with the Kaiserpreis . Wurzinger was appointed a knight of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph and the Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael . He was also awarded the Order of Gregorius .

In 1910, Wurzingergasse in Vienna- Währing (18th district) was named after the painter.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Wurzinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Guide through the picture gallery ... , p. 76. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Picture gallery.
  2. Carl Wurzinger . In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 567; Retrieved November 21, 2011
  3. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria , p. 724