Franz Edmund Weirotter
Franz Edmund Weirotter (born May 29, 1733 in Innsbruck , † May 11, 1771 in Vienna ) was an Austrian landscape painter and etcher .
Life
Franz Edmund Weirotter lost his parents at the age of seven and was raised by an aunt in Innsbruck until he was 14 years old. During this time Weirotter learned to paint and copy paintings, whereby his first contact with painting happened with Franz Michael Hueber from Innsbruck . From 1751 to 1755, his stay at the Vienna Art Academy is documented. He then worked for art dealers and various clients. During his first stay in Paris (1759–1763) he made the acquaintance of Johann Georg Wille . The friendly connection with Wille and the training in the circle of artists that had formed around him led to a turning point in Weirotter's work. Wille had people drawn in the great outdoors in order to train the eye for impressions of the landscape and to make them receptive to the beauties of nature. He later used these drawings for etchings . Weirotter renounced documentary loyalty, unlike the vedutists , in favor of integrating the architecture into the landscape.
A grant from the French Royal Academy enabled Weirotter to spend one year in Rome (1763–1764). Wille gave him letters of recommendation to Johann Joachim Winckelmann and Anton Raphael Mengs , which gave him access to the leading German artistic circles. The contacts to the French artists came about through the "Academie de France à Rome". During his stay in Italy, Weirotter also visited the area around Rome and Tivolis as well as Livorno , Viterbo and Florence .
During his second stay in Paris (1764-1767) Weirotter made friends with Jacob Matthias Schmutzer , another Austrian student of Wille. When Schmutzer went to Vienna as head of the copper engraving academy, which was newly founded in 1766 , he arranged for Weirotter to be appointed professor of landscape drawing. Weirotter was to take on the lessons in the great outdoors and instruct the students in drawing and etching landscapes.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Weirotter, Franz Edmund . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1886, pp. 69–73 ( digitized version ).
- KW: Weirotter, Franz Edmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 520 f.
- Thilo Winterberg: Franz Edmund Weirotter (1733-1771). The landscape eraser. The graphic work. Galeria Palatina, Edition Winterberg, Heidelberg 1998. ISBN 3-932204-03-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Edmund Weirotter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Artcyclopedia with numerous holdings
- Franz Edmund Weirotter: Etchings from Rome, Tivoli and the surrounding area
Individual evidence
- ^ Monika Oberhammer: Monsieur Weirotter - autobiographical note by a Tyrolean Rococo painter. ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weirotter, Franz Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian landscape painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1771 |
| Place of death | Vienna |