Franz Joseph Customs
Franz Joseph Zoll (* 1770 in Möhringen an der Donau ; † August 16, 1833 in Mannheim ) was a painter from Baden.
life and work
Franz Joseph Zoll came from a family of painters who had their origins in Fridingen on the Danube and originally spelled “Soll”. The best-known representative was his uncle Franz Joseph Soll , who worked as a rococo church painter mainly around Trostberg and Traunstein . His father Conrad was his brother. He later moved from Möhringen to Donaueschingen . His only known portrait can be found in the “votive picture” that Joseph Weber, possibly a student, painted after his death.
Franz Joseph Zoll received his first training from his father; 14 years old, he went to his uncle, with whom he worked as an assistant for two years. He then trained in Munich under Johann Jakob Dorner and Joseph Hauber and, as in the following, carried out many portrait commissions. In 1802, like his father in 1787, he was appointed court painter to the Princes von Fürstenberg and turned to Freiburg im Breisgau , where he heard aesthetics from Johann Georg Jacobi , whom he also portrayed. It was here that he made contact with Karl von Baden , who enabled him to go on a study trip to Paris. As a result, he stayed in Vienna for two years, where he attended anatomical lectures.
Again via Munich, he came to Karlsruhe, where he painted portraits of the Elector Karl Friedrich . Shortly before his death, this made it possible for him to stay in Rome, where, in his own estimation, he spent two very pleasant years together with artist friends. Sophie Reinhard , who helped him on the return journey in 1814, had a completely different view. She returned the hatred she felt towards herself with charity.
Franz Joseph Zoll now devoted himself to history and church painting in addition to portrait painting. In the city church of Karlsruhe he completed a cycle of images from the life of Jesus Christ that Feodor Iwanowitsch Kalmück had begun, which was destroyed in World War II . He painted “The Resurrection of Christ” for the parish church of St. Andreas in Möhringen. There is an altar painting in the Church of St. Priska Ippingen . For Grand Duke Ludwig I, he not only painted portraits, but also “Hercules and Hebe”, a painting that he exhibited several times, today in the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe .
In 1821 Grand Duke Ludwig appointed him drawing teacher at the University of Freiburg . Erhard Joseph Brenzinger and Ignaz Weißer were among his students . In 1825 he became a teacher at Friedrich Weinbrenner's building school , which was incorporated into the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . In 1831 he was appointed director of the Mannheim painting collection, which is now part of the Reiss Engelhorn museums .
literature
- [Philipp Wilhelm] Rappenegger: Franz Joseph Zoll . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen . 1833, Part Two, Weimar 1835, pages 558-562, online
- -ber: Nekrolog Baden artist, Franz Joseph Zoll . In: Art Sheet. Dec. 12, 1833, pp. 397-398, online
- AW: Franz Josef Zoll . In: Baden biographies . Heidelberg 1875, Part Two, page 547, online
- The painters' family Zoll , donaubergland.de online
Individual evidence
- ↑ He himself writes: "I was born in 1772 - at least I believe - [...]". Rappenegger (literature), page 558
- ↑ Rappenegger, page 559
- ↑ Rappenegger, page 560
- ^ Letter of January 5, 1814, in: Edwin Fecker: The Grand Ducal Badische Hofmalerin Sophie Reinhard (1775–1844) online
- ^ The Zoll family of painters
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Customs, Franz Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Möhringen on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1833 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |