Felix Bockhorni
Felix Bockhorni (also: Felix Pokorny ; * May 20, 1801 in Wolfratshausen ; † July 4, 1878 ibid) was a German landscape painter and draftsman .
Life
Felix Bockhorni enrolled at the age of 15 on October 25, 1816 at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich for the subject of landscape painting. After completing his studies, he worked as a landscape painter at the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory . As a royal Bavarian court painter , he also took on orders for drawings, watercolors and oil paintings, and occasionally created lithographs based on paintings by other artists.
literature
- LT: Bockhorni, Felix . In: AKL , vol. 12, p. 50
- HV: Bockhorni, Felix . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 160 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Vol, 1, p. 551 (digitized version)
Web link
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockhorni, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pokorny, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter, royal Bavarian court painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfratshausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1878 |
| Place of death | Wolfratshausen |