Franz Xaver Gruber (painter)
Franz Xaver Gruber (born September 29, 1801 in Vienna ; † April 12, 1862 ibid) was an Austrian flower and genre painter . He got the nickname Distelgruber .
life and work
Franz Xaver Gruber was accepted as a student at the Vienna Academy at the age of 15 . In 1822 he received the Gundel Prize for flower painting, after which he was a drawing teacher at an institute. To further his education in botany , he also attended lectures by Jacquin . From 1835 he was a professor at the Manufactory School and founded a private elementary drawing school .
Between 1839 and 1859 he created a watercolor collection for Prince Metternich about all camellias , and for Emperor Ferdinand I he painted numerous orchids and palm species in watercolors . The plants of the Schönbrunn palm house served as models . In later years he relocated his plant portraits in landscapes and sometimes also added animals. His Great Thistle Still Life with Poppies and Butterflies was a success at the Paris World's Fair in 1855 , and so he made several versions of it. This is where his nickname Distelgruber goes back.
His two siblings Carl Franz Gruber (1803–1845) and his sister Katharina, married Hawelek (1807–1859), were flower painters.
literature
- Zdrawka Ebenstein: Gruber, Franz Xaver. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 180 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Heinrich Kábdebo: Gruber, Franz Xaver . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 791 f.
- Gruber, Franz Xaver. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 81.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marianne Frodl-Schneemann, Gerbert Frodl: The flower painting in Vienna . Böhlau Verlag 2010 ISBN 978-3-205-78558-3 p. 72
Web links
- Biedermeier painting (PDF; 104 kB)
- Entry on Franz Xaver Gruber in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Distelgruber (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian flower painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1862 |
| Place of death | Vienna |