Ferdinand Runk
Franz Ferdinand Runk (born October 14, 1764 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † December 3, 1834 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian painter , draftsman and etcher .
life and work
From 1778 Runk studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Hubert Maurer , Friedrich August and Johann Christian Brand, among others . Soon after graduating from the academy, he was very successful, in addition to oil paintings, mainly with gouache , his preferred technique. From 1795 he was employed by Johann von Austria , later employed by the Prince Schwarzenberg and Johann I von Liechtenstein . For them he traveled through Tyrol, the Netherlands, Germany and France, where he painted many landscape views. Many of his drawings and watercolors were also reproduced in series of engravings.
In the service of Joseph II von Schwarzenberg (* 1769; † 1833) he lived and worked mainly in Bohemia, mainly in Český Krumlov , but also in Styria . Between 1803 and 1810 he had an intensive friendship and collaboration with his pupil and supporter Pauline von Schwarzenberg, Joseph II's wife. Pauline's death in 1810 was followed by an almost one-year career break.
In 1811 Runk married the servant Rosalie Zadlitzová, with whom he had two daughters. He later lived mainly in Austria. Despite his great popularity, Runk's works were rarely to be found at exhibitions, including the exhibitions of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1822 and very successfully in 1824. A contemporary criticism of the landscape paintings shown here was that Runk had “… in these original canvas paintings through intermediation the lighting and colors, the changing shape of the vegetation, the surface of the earth and water, the changes in nature expressed extremely happily. "
In the last years of his life he increasingly turned to restoring old paintings from the Schwarzenbergs' collection. Ferdinand Runk died in Vienna in 1834 and was buried in Neuwaldegg. Much of Runk's work can now be found in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts and in the Albertina in Vienna .
The collections of the Český Krumlov Castle contain more than 130 paintings that were created during his service in the Schvarzenberg.
Others
The asteroid (4662) Runk was named after Ferdinand Runk at the suggestion of the Czech astronomer Jana Tichá , as Runk had captured the view from the Kleť mountain ( 1038 m nm ), the location of the Kleť observatory she directed , in a panoramic watercolor in 1830 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Runk, Ferdinand . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 268 f. ( Digitized version ).
- H. Schöny: Runk, Franz Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 328.
Web links
- mh: The work of the court painter Ferdinand Runk. Český Krumlov State Castle and Palace, accessed on August 15, 2018 .
- Entry on Ferdinand Runk in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Milena Hajná: The work of the court painter Ferdinand Runk ( de ) Český Krumlov Tourism: Official information system. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ 4662 Runk (1984 HL). California Institute of Technology, March 5, 2008, accessed March 30, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Runk, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Runk, Franz Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1834 |
| Place of death | Vienna |