Caroline of Moro

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Caroline von Moro (born January 6, 1815 in Klagenfurt , † March 27, 1885 in Klagenfurt) was an Austrian painter.

Life

Gravestone at the parish church Viktring-Stein in Stein near Viktring

Caroline von Moro was a born noble von Rainer zu Harbach and came from an old Carinthian family that had been ennobled and knighted in the 18th century. She was born on January 6, 1815 in Klagenfurt, married the Viktringer cloth manufacturer Max Ritter von Moro at the age of 29 in 1844 and gave birth to artistically gifted daughters Sophie and Johanna.

The Moro family was one of the rising stars of the 19th century. The brothers Christof and Johann Moro began producing cloths in Klagenfurt in 1785 and relocated them to the huge complex of the Viktring Cistercian monastery in 1788 , which the state had closed and offered for sale two years earlier as part of the general abolition of the monastery. The Moros were knighted in 1816 and three years later they were also knighted.

Caroline learned the art of drawing and painting from Eduard von Moro and soon became the central figure in the Viktring artist circle . Her artistic work consists of landscapes, still lifes, portraits and interiors. There is a sketchbook with 38 attractive motifs from the 1860s . It contains, among other things, views from the Vellachtal and drawings from the eastern Wörthersee area. In 1871 Caroline von Moro was portrayed by August Prinzhofer (1816–1885) at the age of 56 . The portrait shows a self-confident, dark-haired aristocrat. She died on March 27, 1885 and was buried in Stein near Viktring .

Traditional work

  • Sketchbook with 38 attractive motifs

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erika Siegmund (Ed.): Harbach - A noble seat near Klagenfurt , Trauner Drucke, 4020 Linz, Klagenfurt 1999; ISBN 3-85487-075-2
  2. ^ Gravestone of Karoline von Moro on the church wall in Stein near Viktring
  3. ^ Gravestone of Karoline von Moro on the church wall in Stein near Viktring

literature

  • Cultural Office of the State Capital Klagenfurt: Viktring Monastery 1142-1192 (Festschrift on the 850th anniversary of the founding of the monastery), p. 81 ff .; Klagenfurt 1992 (without ISBN).
  • Galerie am Lendhafen: A sketchbook on the “Viktringer Künstlerkreis” from the sixties of the 19th century - a study , Klagenfurt 1990 (without ISBN)
personal data
SURNAME Moro, Caroline of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1885
Place of death Klagenfurt