Franz Widnmann

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Franz Widnmann (born March 6, 1846 in Kipfenberg ; † August 30, 1910 in Rodeneck in Pustertal ) was a German painter and graphic artist and professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich .

Life

Franz Widnmann was a son of the court doctor Eduard Widnmann, who came from Eichstätt. His mother came from Kipfenberg. The family soon moved from there to Schrobenhausen . Since his mother died early, the father married her sister. First he attended school in Schrobenhausen and then the Latin school in Neuburg .

From 1862 he attended the drawing school of the Association for the Training of Trade, which later became the School of Applied Arts, in Munich, which was directed by Hermann Dyck . On October 30, 1862, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts for the class of antiquities. His teachers were Karl Theodor von Piloty , Alexander Strähuber , Hermann Anschütz and Alexander Wagner.

At an early age he created arts and crafts designs and also worked on the work »Decorative Models« published by Julius Hoffmann in Stuttgart. His first painting "Duke Alba in the castle of Countess Catharina von Schwarzburg" was awarded at the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition . In addition to other Piloty students, Franz Widnmann received an order to decorate the Pringsheim Palace in Berlin, he also created murals for the Munich Palais of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and for the St. Emmeram Palace of Prince Thurn and Taxis in Regensburg (»Heimkehr von the hunt «).

A state scholarship enabled him to stay in Italy. In the 1880s he was exclusively engaged in work for the castles of the Bavarian King Ludwig II , especially for Herrenchiemsee Palace . In the years 1878 to 1886 he provided designs for the figural decoration of the facades, for stucco decorations, wall panels, for girandoles , Meissen porcelain chandeliers, crystal chandeliers (made by Lobmeyr in Vienna) as well as for clocks, writing utensils, centerpieces, etc. Finally, he received the order for several paintings. He also carried out orders for Linderhof Palace .

In 1881 Franz Widnmann received the title of royal professor, on May 1, 1892 he was appointed professor of the figure class at the School of Applied Arts. After the death of Ludwig II in 1886 he devoted himself more to the graphic arts, in which the influence of artists of the early 19th century, including Alfred Rethel , Moritz von Schwind , Ludwig Richter and Ferdinand Barth, could be felt. Widnmann also created decorative designs for public festival programs, certificates, addresses and stamp series for the Bavarian Post. The stained glass window picture of the Barefoot Church in Augsburg was created in 1894 . His adaptability, which was already proven under Ludwig II, allowed him to work in decorative forms of the Rococo as well as in "neutral, modernized Renaissance forms," ​​as contemporary assessments put it. He exhibited individual works in the Munich Glass Palace . Franz Widnmann died on August 30, 1910 in Rodeneck in the Puster Valley.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matriculation database .
  2. ^ Karl Lory: Franz Widnmann † (March 6, 1846– August 30, 1910) . In: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein (Hrsg.): Arts and Crafts: Journal for arts and crafts since 1851 . tape 61 (1910-1911) , volume 12. R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1911, p. 361 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Widnmann, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Kipfenberg
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1910
Place of death Rodeneck , Pustertal