Conrad Grefe

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Conrad Grefe, lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , ca.1850

Conrad Grefe (born November 7, 1823 in Vienna , † August 16, 1907 in Tulbing ) was an Austrian painter , lithographer and writer .

Life

Grefe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1837 to 1844 . After completing his studies, he initially worked as a landscape painter, but then increasingly switched to lithographs and etchings. In addition, he was instrumental in the development of the zinc flat printing process, with which templates such as oil paintings could be printed in high quality. Grefe used this process to publish a number of portfolios with the representation of art-historically significant buildings, but also landscapes in his own lithographic institute in Vienna, which was documented from 1880 to 1891. He used his own works as well as those of other artists as templates for the prints.

He was particularly interested in the representation of the Austrian Alps. From 1862 to 1873 he was a board member of the Austrian Alpine Club and was also part of the editorial team of the yearbook of the Austrian Alpine Club , for which he also contributed numerous illustrations.

Grefe was also active as a writer and historian and published a. a. also on the Jewish history of Vienna.

Others

In Vienna-Liesing , Konrad-Grefe-Gasse has been named after him since 1959 . The Austrian writer Anna Hottner-Grefe (1867–1946) was his daughter.

Works (selection)

The Gurgler Eissee . Color lithograph, 1869
  • Church monuments in Archduke Austria under the Enns. Depicted in color print after watercolor photographs. Vienna 1861.
  • Contributions to the history of the Israelites in Vienna. Vienna 1891.
  • Commemorative book of the most outstanding men and women in Austria from the beginning of the reign of the Habsburg dynasty to the present. Vienna 1893. (together with his daughter Anna Grefe).
  • Our old Vienna. Edited by Conrad Greve. Vienna 1894.
  • Old Austria. Edited and published by Conrad Grefe. Vienna 1899.
  • Panorama from the top of the Grossglockner. According to nature. by Marcus Pernhart . Chromolithographiert v. Conrad Grefe. Published by the Austrian Alpine Association. Vienna no year

literature

Web links

Commons : Conrad Grefe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lehmann's Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger on the website of the Vienna Library in the City Hall, vol. 1880–1891
  2. ^ Anneliese Gidl: Alpine Association. The townspeople discover the Alps. The German and Austrian Alpine Association from its foundation to the end of the First World War. Böhlau, Wien et al. 2007, p. 441. ISBN 978-3-205-77668-0
  3. ↑ Yearbook of the Austrian Alpine Club , Vol. 7 (1870), p. 411.
personal data
SURNAME Grefe, Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grefe, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, lithographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1907
Place of death Tulbing