Dallinger (artist family)
The Dallinger family is an Austrian family of artists from which five generations of painters come, who initially worked in their closer home region of Upper Austria , later also in Bohemia and finally in Vienna .
Family history
Joachim Dallinger was appointed city judge for Enns in 1626/1627 . By profession he was a counter-writer for the Imperial Salt Mining Office in Enghagen / Enns (salt counter dealer). We know from his family history that his father and his forefathers already rendered valuable services to the House of Austria. He was raised to hereditary nobility by Emperor Ferdinand II on January 12, 1628, was allowed to call himself Dallinger von Dalling, was given its own coat of arms and the right to seal with red wax. He had earned his merits when the town of Enns was besieged and completely enclosed by the rebellious peasants during the Peasants' War in 1626 . Only after months could the city be appalled by concentrated attacks by the imperial troops. Furthermore, it is stated in the nobility letter that he was employed in several commissions during the Counter Reformation.
We know from his son Wolf Dallinger von Dalling that he was court clerk of the Garsten monastery . His two sons, Johann Wolfgang, born in 1648, and Johann Benedikt, born in 1652, were the first known painters in the family. They learned to paint from Dionys Paur in Kremsmünster and after their acquittal in 1670 went on trips. Johann Wolfgang went to Linz and settled there in 1674. Johann Benedikt studied in Venice with Carl Loth and later followed his brother to Linz.
The Jesuit Church in Linz, which was rebuilt in 1692 - today the Old Cathedral - received six large oil paintings in the side chapels from both artists, framed in splendid stucco frames. Johann Wolfgang also painted high altar pictures for the churches of St. Magdalena near Linz and Windhaag (painted over today). He also made two oil paintings in the Abbey Gallery in Kremsmünster. Johann Wolfgang Dallinger von Dalling died in 1693.
In 1690 his brother Johann Benedikt Dallinger von Dalling created not only the pictures in the Jesuit church but also frescoes in the Marienkapelle in Kremsmünster, in the Kapuzingerkirche in Linz and in the church Heiligenkreuz near Kremsmünster.
His son, Georg Wolfgang Dallinger von Dalling, the creator of the Lorch altarpiece, made it rich and respected. In 1710 he acquired the house at Herrenstrasse 40 in Linz and is mentioned in 1723 as a painter and councilor for the city of Linz.
The former large high altar painting is now attached to the north wall of St. Laurentius Church in Enns. It depicts the torture of Saint Lawrence, who was tormented to death on a glowing grate. This picture is signed with "GW Dallinger FA 1715".
After he had painted six pictures for Lambach Abbey , he was commissioned to make the high altar picture for the Lorch Church. The original contract is in the parish archives in Enns. On July 4th, 1714, the Enns dean and pastor DDr. Johann Georg Bonbardi von Zuegg and Aurenbruck signed a contract with the "famous and artistic" Wolfgang Dallinger, citizen and painter in Linz, to paint a high altar picture for the price of 250 guilders, payable in three installments.
In the same year the artist was commissioned by Dean Bonbardi to set the statues belonging to the tabernacle on the high altar, Peter and Paulus, Maximilian and Stefan, Johann Baptist and Florian and two angels in gold for 70 guilders. Georg Wolfgang Dallinger von Dalling probably also carried out the gilding of 3 button crosses in the Teutonic Order Church in Linz, Harrachstrasse 7, in 1721.
His son, Franz Theodor Dallinger von Dalling (1710 in Linz - 1771 in Prague), learned painting from his father, worked in Vienna and Prague, painted pictures in Bohemian churches, the ceiling painting in Janowitz Castle and various still lifes. He is considered to be the innovator of Bohemian baroque painting. The recognition of his achievements was his appointment as Princely Liechtenstein Court Painter.
The most important of this family is Johann Dallinger von Dalling (August 18, 1741 - January 8, 1806). His first teacher was his father Franz Theodor. He traveled through Germany and Switzerland and most recently studied at the Vienna Academy as a student of Martin van Meytens . Meytens was court painter to Empress Maria Theresa and commissioned Dallinger to record the coronation of Joseph II as King of Germany in Frankfurt. A cycle of six large pictures was created. Most of them were destroyed in World War II. A large coronation picture and photos of the others are in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and pen drawings by Dallinger as drafts in the Albertina . Johann Dallinger von Dalling was appointed director of the Liechtensteingalerie in Vienna in 1771 .
Of his 12 children, two sons made a name for themselves as painters: Johann Baptist Dallinger von Dalling (May 7, 1782 - December 19, 1868), also known as "Johann the Younger", was an important animal painter and restorer 1831 director of the Liechtenstein gallery. His brother Alexander Johann Dallinger von Dalling (August 1, 1783 - 1844) was an animal painter and restorer, and he also had a good name as an etcher.
Ignaz Dallinger von Dalling, born in Münzkirchen , Upper Austria, in 1808 , possibly a grandson of the elder Johann, also worked in Vienna . He was a history and genre painter.
genealogy
- Joachim Dallinger from Dalling
- Wolf Dallinger from Dalling
- Johann Wolfgang (born 1648, died 1693)
- Georg Wolfgang Dallinger from Dalling
- Franz Theodor Dallinger von Dalling (1710 in Linz - 1771 in Prague)
- Johann Dallinger von Dalling (August 18, 1741 - January 8, 1806)
- Johann Baptist Dallinger von Dalling the Elder J. (May 7, 1782 - December 19, 1868)
- Alexander Johann Dallinger von Dalling (August 1, 1783 - 1844)
- Johann Dallinger von Dalling (August 18, 1741 - January 8, 1806)
- Franz Theodor Dallinger von Dalling (1710 in Linz - 1771 in Prague)
- Georg Wolfgang Dallinger from Dalling
- Johann Benedikt (born 1652)
- Johann Wolfgang (born 1648, died 1693)
- Wolf Dallinger from Dalling
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weinmayr: The Cathedral Church in Linz, together with the bishops canons and honorary canons since the creation of the bishopric (etc.). Weinmayr, 1843, p. 11 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Preview of the book: Draft of a history of the drawing arts in the Archduke of Austria, from the oldest news ... to the more recent, etc. 1844, p. 79 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ http://www.liechtensteincollections.at/de/pages/artbase_main.asp?module=browse&action=m_work&lang=de&sid=87564&oid=W-362011142610933
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